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commentr/StutterJan 11, 2023
2 points

So what’s the difference between good speech therapy and bad speech therapy if both don’t cure the stutter. (I’ve beaten my stutter but not from speech therapy)...

Therapy & Professional
Therapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy TechniquesUnhelpful Therapy Techniques
postr/StutterJan 6, 2023
7 points

All the wrong therapy!!

All the wrong therapy!! I don't even know how many therapies I have went to stuttering...and I worked my ass off at all of them and it was all temporary results and relapses at each of them!!! If ther...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Unhelpful Therapy TechniquesSadness & HopelessnessHelplessness & Agency
commentr/StutterJan 3, 2023
1 points

Tried BeneTalk for 3 weeks now - it's only worth your time if you've never been to a speech therapist before. It teaches you 3 basic techniques, can't even test you on them properly, and once you're d...

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Therapy ExperiencesUnhelpful Therapy TechniquesAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterDec 25, 2022
1 points

I’ve known SLPs in a variety of settings - and most had no clue I was suffering w a disabling stutter. Not only do grad programs offer very very little in the way of *current accurate info about actu...

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commentr/StutterDec 23, 2022
2 points

I bought Lee lovett's book half a year ago. I think his methods are total nonsense. He also claims that he no longer stutters or that some of his clients no longer stutter. In each of his videos I hea...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & Avoidance
Unhelpful Therapy TechniquesHiding & Concealment
commentr/StutterDec 22, 2022
3 points

Tried it in therapy as my therapist had success with it with her other clients. Didn't work for me. Anyways good luck for the idea....

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Unhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 19, 2022
1 points

You took the right therapy that helped you--not many stutterers can find that right therapy! I am betting many here have done hard work at many therapies already and have had mixed results!!! You do...

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commentr/StutterDec 12, 2022
26 points

This is interesting and all, but my advice to everyone with a stutter is to ignore articles like this and avoid setting these expectations for yourselves that probably won’t be true....

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Unhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 11, 2022
3 points

If you’re talking about Hollins, it didn’t work for me and they kept asking for $600 for their computer program. Felt like a scam....

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Unhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 11, 2022
4 points

I don't recommend fluency shaping programs like that. They don't work for the majority of people and they reinforce stuttering stigma....

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Unhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 10, 2022
1 points

If the SLP does not specialize in dysfluency, they probably have no training in treating it. Maybe read an article or two in school about it. That’s why their “techniques” do not work....

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commentr/StutterDec 7, 2022
2 points

The graduate school curriculum, governing body (ASHA), and insurance companies. Those are the techniques used to help a person with stutter gain some control over their speech. It doesn’t work for e...

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Seeking TherapyUnhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2022
1 points

I stopped practising after having finished speach therapy. It bit me in the ass as my speech gradually deteriorated virtually to the point where it was before therapy. It's so hard to gain momentum af...

Therapy & Professional
Positive Therapy TechniquesUnhelpful Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2022
4 points

Most speech therapists have *no training in treating dysfluency*. Literally none. Asking them to treat it as as helpful as asking a professional makeup artist to determine if the mole on your face i...

Therapy & Professional
Unhelpful Therapy TechniquesNegative Therapy / Harm
postr/StutterDec 4, 2022
14 points

Guys, do you think I should leave the speech therapist that It’s been a long time without any improvement?

Guys, do you think I should leave the speech therapist that It’s been a long time without any improvement? Guys, do you think I should leave the speech therapist that I have been with for some time an...

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commentr/StutterNov 22, 2022
2 points

Those ideas probably come from SLPs with litetally zero training in dysfluency. They are about as helpful as asking a professional makeup artist to see if your mole is cancerous. If those are what ...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Unhelpful Therapy TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & ExposureFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 22, 2022
3 points

I went to speech therapy enough times as an adult already!!! They give you techniques that you are fine using in the therapy room but outside of the therapy room they are useless....everything outsi...

Therapy & ProfessionalAnticipation & Avoidance
Seeking TherapyUnhelpful Therapy TechniquesAvoidance & Substitution
commentr/StutterNov 21, 2022
3 points

You've learned the problem with techniques. They work in the comfort of the therapy office but don't work when you need it. Sounds like you're doing fluency shaping. That tells me your SLP probably do...

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Unhelpful Therapy TechniquesSeeking Therapy
commentr/StutterNov 19, 2022
2 points

It's interesting that you compare OCD with stuttering. In this reddit [post](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCDRecovery/comments/xjsttj/tips_for_stutteringocd_observing_triggers_not/) is explained how stutt...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2022
1 points

This guy wouldn't happen to be Lee Lovette would it??? He caused me nothing but anger--I took his program! Now I can't speak because of having a total relapse!! His strategies do not work! He is no...

Emotional ExperienceTherapy & Professional
Frustration & AngerUnhelpful Therapy Techniques