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I went to HCRI when I was in 8th grade. My parents found the program and thought it would be worth a shot. From what I can tell, I am a similar "stutterer" to you. I can give presentations and not stu...

>For me personally, the techniques I learned in order to speak fluently took away a part of my personality. I was not able to speak naturally so eventually I stopped practicing the techniques. Also...

I tried HCRI back when I was in high school. The program did work for me and I was maintaining fluency in most of my conversations for a few months after the program. However, this did not last for me...

Some people find it hard to keep up with the practice after the program to maintain improved fluency. You have to do daily exercises. Most are helped dramatically in the program, but not everyone is...

Anyone ever been in HCRI?

Anyone ever been in HCRI? Hollins Communication Research Institute (HCRI) is in Roanoake,Va and its where they do stuttering therapy and from watching the results the videos are pretty cool to see som...

Speech pathologist. I think it makes me better at my job because I really do understand how a communication disorder can affect your life. ...

Thank you for answering me. >I feel like when I am more confident and positive about myself, everything else might become easier as well. Yes, this true I believe. I absolutely do not see you ...

This "institute" as they call it, is called the Del Ferro institute. It's located in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It was founded by Len (Leonard) Del Ferro. Del Ferro was born in Philadelphia in 1921...

Hi. You're describing costal breathing, yes? What happened to you is common. It works. You feel great for a couple of months; life is very different, almost like a new life. Then you don't want to...

Anyone want to talk sometime this week?

Anyone want to talk sometime this week? Just looking to talk on the phone and practice speaking. I have unlimited minutes so I can initiate the call. Maybe talk for like 15 minutes. We are both going ...

I am depressed but it's not noticeable. I keep it to myself. I took speech therapy all throughout grade school. None of it helped. I always liked going just to get out of class. I know stuttering tech...

Hi there! I'm a long time lurker in this sub but never really commented. I'm a 22yo female living in Jakarta. I've only ever met 2 other stutterers and one being my older brother (lol) but he doesn't ...

She's in therapy in school and private therapy. Sometimes I feel she hasn't found the right match/therapist with private therapy. As her parents, we want to give her every resource/opportunity to help...

I went on the McGuire programme, but as I said, it's not the course that matters, it's what you do with it....

You've been on the McGuire course. Same as me, though as I said the course you go on doesn't matter. It's what you do with it....

So, a lot of it is because of breathing? I fully agree! I think what you are describing is similar to costal breathing. There's an app for training that, called, similarly, keep it costal.I'm using it...

I still see said counsellor, it's just that I won't for much longer since she's a school counsellor and I'm going to college after this school year is over....

It's technique, though not fluncy shaping (the technique is coastal breathing). I know friends who have done it and done really well, I know other people who have done it and while they like it, they ...

Since you seem to know a bit about this, do you think McGuire is more a fluency shaping/technique based program, or something that just forces you to move toward acceptance/reducing the struggle?...

Yea, definitely. Make sure you keep your practice up, as it is easy to fall back into old habits. Your absolutely right that the only one we are fooling is ourselves. That is a big part of beating stu...