[MEGA-COLLECTION] Tips to improve stuttering: from all research studies and books that I reviewed

[MEGA-COLLECTION] Tips to improve stuttering: from all research studies and books that I reviewed # Tips to improve stuttering: **From research studies (that I reviewed):** 1. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/15fdleq/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Psychosocial Treatment: Stuttering and Self-Efficacy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy*" (2022) (identify that thoughts/feelings are not the problem, rather its fusion; apply experiential acceptance; develop communicative confidence when you stutter) 2. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/15cl7wd/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Why Stuttering Occurs: The Role of Cognitive Conflict and Control*" (2022) (don't rely on controlled processes, don't avoid motor control, tolerate uncertainty, don't fear cognitive or linguistic conflict, increase cognitive flexibility) 3. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1559kna/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Adopting a helplessness attitude in PWS*" (don't apply sympathetic arousal for motor learning; don't adopt helplessness, whereby we give up on instructing motor execution e.g., because we blame low confidence in this ability over lack of effort) 4. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14xt1ft/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Mindfulness, Decentering, Self-Compassion, and the Impact of Stuttering*" (2023) (be aware of present-moment, nonjudgmental stuttering sensations, emotions and thoughts; view them for what they are - merely thoughts - rather than an absolute truth) 5. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14wwyid/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Auditory rhythm discrimination in adults who stutter: An fMRI study*" (2023) (synchronize with an internal timing cue, enhance your internal timing representation, estimate the rhythm of the events itself - rather than the time between events) 6. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14u05gm/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Neurophysiology of stuttering: Unraveling the Mysteries of Fluency*" (2022) (replace impaired motor timing cues; improve executive functions; enhance response inhibition; increase larger articulatory movements; improve volitional motor control) 7. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14t0946/comment/jr0qi6j/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Stuttering, dopamine and incentive learning*" (2021) 8. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14mu6mh/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_research/): "*Disfluencies in non-stuttering adults*", which are relevant to the treatment of adults who stutter (it is unrealistic to expect 1 disfluency per 100 syllables because regular speakers also make many disfluencies; reduce the planning load) 9. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14il794/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_new_research/): "*How Stuttering Develops: The Multifactorial Dynamic Pathways Theory*" (2017) 10. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14b52w9/what_can_we_learn_from_this_research_study_2015/): "*Speech motor planning and execution deficits in early childhood stuttering*" (2015) 11. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13ceqpk/tips_to_improve_stuttering_interventions_for/): "*Anxiety and Stuttering: Exploring a Complex Relationship*" (interventions for anxiety and stuttering, use expectancy measures of social threat, don't use anticipation anxiety to manage fluency, don't perceive speech or the ability to initiate speech motor control as negative) by PhD researchers Mark Onslow, Menzies and Packman 12. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13afm9f/we_know_that_we_are_about_to_stutter_how_can_we/): "*How to address stuttering anticipation?*" by PhD researchers Jackson et al 13. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1372xp9/tips_to_improve_stuttering_anticipation_is/): "*Temperament is linked to avoidance-behaviors to stuttering anticipation*" (2021) (anticipation is created by repetitive negative thinking, replacing productive responses with avoidance responses reinforces anticipation (Seth & Yaruss), easy onset or preparatory sets rely on their ability to anticipate which reinforces pathways to anticipation) 14. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/135bc72/tips_to_improve_stuttering_anticipation/): "*Activation in Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Underlies Stuttering Anticipation*" (anticipation negatively impacts the quality of life for stutterers (Tichenor & Yaruss); anticipation destabilizes the brain connections (Jackson), unanticipated words of stutterers don't activate the right-hemisphere (Jackson)) 15. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1319hti/tips_to_improve_stuttering_a_psychotherapy/): "*A psychotherapy approach: guide how Stoicism can inspire stuttering intervention*" (2022) by PhD researchers Seth Tichenor, J Scott Yarrus, Amy Connery et al 16. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12bum2h/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_a_phd/): "*Perfectionism and stuttering*" (2015) 17. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/114cxqx/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_a_phd/): "*A clinical adaptation of the Covert Repair Hypothesis*" (2021) (ignore doubt, errors and tension; don't give up, skip the sound or do repetitions) 18. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/113ks6i/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_a_phd/): "*Covert repair hypothesis, Explan theory and Vicious Circle hypothesis*" (2021) (reduce the need/expectation for perfect speech; resist the urge to go back to repair speech errors) 19. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1126a5n/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_a_phd/): "*Variable Release Threshold hypothesis of stuttering*" (2021) 20. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10vwx0a/research_2022_december_states_focus_on_the/): "*Personal Appraisals of Support from the Perspective of Children Who Stutter*" (2022) (focus on the content of the child’s message, not whether it was fluent and be mindful to say 'slow down' which can often be undesired) **From books (that I reviewed):** 1. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/145jn88/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_book_coping/): "*Coping with stuttering*" (acceptance doesn't mean resignation; work on your acceptance, psychological adjustment and view/response to the feared word; don't wait on a miracle recovery; change your self-image; change the stutterer within you; reduce scanning) 2. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/105ndb1/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_book/): "*Stuttering foundations and clinical applications*" (2023) by PhD researchers Yairi & Seery - **PART 1** 3. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10uxqr6/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_the_book/): "*Stuttering foundations and clinical applications*" (2023) by PhD researchers Yairi & Seery - **PART 2** 4. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10eemhz/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_the_book/): "*Untethered soul: Journey Beyond Yourself - a mindfulness approach*" by Singer 5. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/ym3msi/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_the_book/): "*Freeing Your Inner Fluency: A Dramatically Different Outlook on Stuttering*" (2015) by Dahm 6. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/yl5p0w/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_the_book/): "*McGuire Programme: for Getting Good at the Sport of Speaking*" (2015) 7. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/ykyoxs/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_the_book/): "*Stuttering anxiety self-help: what 100+ pws taught me*" 8. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/yk5dy0/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_the_book/): "*Easy stuttering*" 9. [Post](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BPDFmlby0dpD7zNPJ9AwxoO2LDGqJT4myedthncCTqc/edit?usp=sharing): "*Mastering blocking and stuttering*" by Bodenhamer **My own strategies (self-made)** (that I applied to my stuttering - aiming for stuttering remission by unlearning one element of the stutter cycle - at a time)**:** * [Strategy 1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14j77c9/my_new_strategy_with_the_goal_of_subconscious/) * [Strategy 2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/149nrst/my_new_strategy_with_the_aim_of_natural_recovery/) * [Strategy 3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1466orq/my_strategy_to_improve_stuttering_with_the_goal/) * [Strategy 4](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12vfia0/strategy_to_reduce_anticipation_anxiety_checklist/) * [Strategy 5](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/120kxqm/tips_to_improve_stuttering_strategy_to_stop/) * [Strategy 6](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11yh7re/tips_to_improve_or_outgrow_stuttering_as_an_adult/) (homework) * [Strategy 7](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11iabjt/if_we_can_choose_to_move_our_leg_muscles_when/) (homework) * [Strategy 8](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11bjj32/tips_to_improve_stuttering_a_strategy_to_outgrow/) * [Strategy 9](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1167i6q/tips_to_improve_stuttering_to_outgrow_stuttering/) * [Strategy 10](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/107qe70/comment/j49o5jy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) * [Strategy 11](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JT9fyv8Rck333Ftq9H49hwu9CdqmtRnQ/view?usp=sharing) * [Strategy 12](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14RtfLF7U-JxoPz-_4ONOR_YM8kKlmyUI/view?usp=sharing) * [Strategy 13](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vA-4QPeGnCAaHQAZD6fr3qRM7nEuUbDD/view?usp=sharing) * [Strategy 14](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oVANVMOUxKXWItfdE6ZieXYVaDjN8qy4/view?usp=sharing) * [Strategy 15](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_yNt_lh8CCWlvlySg-gaFjwW4N1aell/view?usp=sharing) * [Strategy 16](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14PNvfnin_fPj7vjYRM3rUwq98dhJ5wGR/view?usp=sharing) * [Strategy 17](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bu6kw_8EXNBLmV-T3Kno68hENp6XNvS0/view?usp=sharing) ([1](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLSB0Oj1zigxiFt8Y9taKiGgw-J-EO0X/view?usp=sharing)) (unlearning unhelpful stutter behaviors; re-learning helpful fluency behaviors) * [Strategy 18](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12s3g3z/comment/jhflx9d/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) * [Strategy 19](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12s3g3z/comment/jgwxdnc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) **From my own free ebooks:** * [Ebook 1](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iPNEN1j0Gp2Dow6X3d9rxkJixtnuD2sc/view?usp=sharing) (122 pages) * [Ebook 2](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NXP_o7cp80mpw38K94pRN_2wZxU5h1Au/view?usp=sharing) (24 pages) * [Ebook 3](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S-ahA5bXrR2XbZbAdiuUSznH4SJp-UZ5/view?usp=sharing) (16 pages) * [Ebook 4](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0tKkg0MnyRRnOP-JQGwx1IhREmfrnd8/view?usp=sharing) (23 pages) **Other:** 1. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14woin8/free_slp_therapy_worksheets_handouts_exercises/) ([1](https://www.google.com/search?q=SLP+strategies+%22stuttering%22+filetype%3Apdf)): FREE SLP therapy - worksheets, handouts, exercises, cards, checklists, etc for people who stutter 2. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10cfbck/free_ebook_to_improve_stuttering_from_the/): FREE stutter book (2022) from the University of Sydney (Australia) 3. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12d6s80/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_two_phd/): "*Drs. J. Scott Yaruss and Seth Tichenor give advice*" (do an individualized approach, approach the cognitive perspective of your stuttering, what works for one doesn't necessarily work for others, learn to ride the waves up and down, build tolerance against fluctuations, turn them into advantages) 4. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14q95kz/do_you_agree_that_nonstutterers_and_people_who/): "*Non-stutterer's strategy"* (set of instructions that non-stutterers and people who stutter apply during speech production) 5. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13dmdqv/41_tips_to_improve_stuttering/): "*41 tips to improve stuttering*" 6. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1347sy9/six_tips_to_improve_stuttering_replace_i_cant_do/): "*6 tips to improve stuttering*" (replace "I can't do this" with "I may stutter, but that's okay"; acknowledge that stuttering is not a personal failure; focus on prosody) 7. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11b1t0q/tips_to_improve_stuttering_to_outgrow_stuttering/): "*20 tips to improve stuttering*" 8. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10wirfi/tips_to_improve_stuttering_from_a_phd_researcher/): "*21 tips to improve stuttering from a PhD researcher*" 9. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11dk468/comment/ja9bvyr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Tips to lower (the value of) emotional, cognitive or linguistic demands during speech production*" 10. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1116lis/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_a_person/) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13irawz/comment/jkcdkn0/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/154abpj/comment/jtciqqv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10h1hut/comment/j56acpg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)): "*Tips to improve stuttering according to a person who outgrew stuttering*" 11. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14uru7r/comment/jr9tzc6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Tips to improve stuttering - for a 6-years old*" 12. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14o9shg/comment/jqhhc5s/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1394h8w/comment/jj4twwv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1354ayy/comment/jin3hrg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12s3g3z/comment/jh50knr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [4](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12roupx/comment/jh4kxc1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [5](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12roupx/comment/jgzyzg3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [6](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12rs9q7/comment/jgvksmn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [7](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12o0gog/comment/jgl048u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)): "*Tips to improve stuttering from PWS*" 13. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1354ayy/lifes_lessons_confident_speaking_and_trusting/): "*Life's lessons: confident speaking and trusting yourself*" 14. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10xtnr8/tips_to_improve_stuttering_by_working_on/) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/xr6luy/tips_for_people_who_stutter_advice_on_how_to/), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/zo27jv/comment/j0kibcn/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [3](https://www.google.com/search?q=anticipatory+anxiety+worksheet), [4](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anticipatory+anxiety)): "*Addressing anticipatory anxiety: negative reactions or stuttering anticipation*" 15. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12mr71i/what_improves_your_stuttering_the_most/) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11p1vnu/comment/jbvqkq4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/110b1co/important_to_learn_about_stuttering_how_does_the/), [3](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/10hrrsc/tips_to_improve_stuttering_according_to_a_very/), [4](https://i.imgur.com/CpYYkvF.png), [5](https://i.imgur.com/j9mceRM.png), [6](https://i.imgur.com/whPIka7.jpg), [7](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jOsTp24LAi1k_VWeDwIlrojWZDV9wNDa/view?usp=sharing), [8](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1czvlMoNAoPp8R0xXyis7cdsSY1yu7-UR/view?usp=sharing), [9](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d8xZ4xb1DuZ__lmIWyT-oXQaJlArA8_K/view?usp=sharing), [10](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pVu9qdknoLA_QqjnRk1rZ7q5EwExJIe_/view?usp=sharing), [11](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xsEuon8kH8YoiRg1uy3Rcg_8dUHGLJ8D/view?usp=sharing), [12](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o6boQuw8kGYeEwN6VYi_E9xgC6g4r7sN/view?usp=sharing), [13](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12pt57c/comment/jgqz3v4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [14](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11p1vnu/comment/jbvqkq4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)): "*Explaining the stutter cycle*" 16. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13ea6mk/comment/jjp139v/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Explaining the connection between stuttering and Alexythimia*" 17. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCDRecovery/comments/xjsttj/tips_for_stutteringocd_observing_triggers_not/): "*Explaining the connection between stuttering and OCD*" 18. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/129z9q3/tips_to_improve_stuttering_do_we_notice_too_many/): "*Explaining* s*ensory feedback in people who stutter*" 19. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/128tjgu/has_mindfulness_improved_your_stuttering/) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/y8ch98/what_did_you_learn_from_mindfulness_to_improve/)): "*Explanation how mindfulness improves stuttering*" 20. [Post](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jl30-hW9_6z0wZMfLA6qEMzDH8BdwY7_/view?usp=sharing): "*Explaining differences between mindfulness, A-CBT and I-CBT*" 21. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/11fn406/poll_do_you_understand_this_one_of_the_most/): "*Explanation of the speech plan*" 22. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/1478o6x/tips_to_improve_stuttering_do_we_fear_desiring/) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12fl53g/tips_to_improve_stuttering_exactly_what_fear_is/), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/127xwsr/tips_to_improve_stuttering_how_to_increase_our/)): "*Explaining how we may fear desiring fluency?*" 23. [Post](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JefrfXYjCIyAyidu1qxg9G_RqipQjQ53/view?usp=sharing) ([1](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uM00dMLAzjGuO-qHtKMb_tezdmKPzRDK/view?usp=sharing)): "*Explaining how intention/decision (to execute articulation) is a fluency law*" 24. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12kmtas/comment/jg3drwg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Explanation how eye blinking and dopamine are connected*" 25. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/120ysja/comment/jdqx1nh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Explaining unhealthy ways to deliberately stutter*" 26. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13vhxr5/comment/jm7324m/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Explaining healthy VS unhealthy self-consciousness*" 27. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/15cl7wd/comment/ju04cuv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Causal attribution to stuttering recovery in adults*" 28. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14rdice/comment/jqrngov/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14pdwpl/comment/jqi6ffl/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14pdwpl/comment/jqhil65/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)): "*A list of fluency goals*" 29. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/14fde3f/comment/jozg087/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) ([1](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12s3g3z/comment/jhfpeqi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)): "*A list of many different types of speech blocks*" 30. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/12hlf0i/comment/jfstiz3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*A list why reading might be easier for PWS than spontaneously speaking*" 31. [Post](https://www.psychology.org.au/getmedia/23c6a11b-2600-4e19-9a1d-6ff9c2f26fae/Evidence-based-psych-interventions.pdf): "*A list of strategies from 50 modalities to apply to stuttering*" 32. [Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/13h56k7/comment/jk3ct4k/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): "*Failing doesn't mean we are a failure*"