commentr/StutterSeptember 12, 2021

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Please read the whole thing I know it's a little long but I wanted to give you a little more insight instead of just saying Yes or No. :) In my life I've been to about 5 or 6 speech therapist, and I've only enjoyed going to 2 of them. The first one I enjoyed was because it was with one of my old teachers who happened to be my favorite, and in my case sometimes my stuttering goes down depending how comfortable I am with someone (sometimes it's just fucked either way). This was in like 4th 5th grade I don't remember if that helped because it was so long ago, but having a therapist that's fun to be around is important. The first therapists I had in high school didn't work out because she forced herself to stutter and corrected it thinking that's how it worked. It wasn't until senior year when I was switched to a different one, he gave me alot of breathing tips as I would be out of breathe when stuttering for awhile, gave me plenty of tips on what words to avoid, different lip movements (whatever tf that means) that would help decrease the amount of stuttering. We found out which words I stuttered with the most, for me it was P, M,B,S basically letters that involved my lips touching with a few others. The starting of sentences were always hard for me. An example that he told me for names and words was to put an H in front of it, so instead of Alex it would be Halex, it was me breathing the word out if that makes sense, so taking a deep non noticeable breathe and letting Halex kinda flow out. In the end I did notice myself talking alot better and stuttering alot less so to answer your question yes for ME, that therapist did help, but not all therapist are good I just got lucky.

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Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy

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Therapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy TechniquesUnhelpful Therapy TechniquesFluency Techniques