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Hey CassCat, I'm an SLP in my first year of working post grad school (my CF year). In grad school, I worked with 6 PWS - 3 school-age kids and 3 teens - and only one was in my clinical rotations at th...

Speech therapist / SLP in-training here. Anyone willing to chat?

Speech therapist / SLP in-training here. Anyone willing to chat? Hi /r/stutter, I'm not a (p)erson (w)ho (s)tutters, but I am someone who is interested in finding out more about ways to help people w...

The Way We Talk (stuttering documentary)

The Way We Talk (stuttering documentary) A while back I posted a trailer and Kickstarter campaign for a documentary called The Way We Talk. The Kickstarter reached its goal and beyond, and now the mov...

What about talking a a psychologist? Maybe consider what else you have going on in your life. I've stuttered for about 3 decades and struggle with anxiety. Most people don't realize that most peopl...

Just did my first week of Intensive Therapy... Wow.

Just did my first week of Intensive Therapy... Wow. This has been the most challenging and rewarding week of my life. Six days ago I started a two week intensive program at the American Institute of S...

Does anyone know of any Skype or Video Conferencing self-help groups on stuttering?

Does anyone know of any Skype or Video Conferencing self-help groups on stuttering? My stuttering started mostly in my adulthood. I would really like to improve my fluency but I can't find anyone to p...

/r/Stutter Skype Conference #1: This Saturday at 16:00 British Standard (10:00 Central Standard).

/r/Stutter Skype Conference #1: This Saturday at 16:00 British Standard (10:00 Central Standard). Hello /r/Stutter! I've been away on vacation, one that was much needed. Due to it being an important ...

Hi there, I'm probably not the best partner as I'm lucky enough to be at a point in my life now where I more or less have my stuttering under control. So, I guess I have nothing to be held accountable...

I am an SLP. I would recommend getting a second opinion from another neurologist. Not because I'm qualified to say what may or may not be happening, but because that guy you saw sounds like an ass. ...

Everything you say sounds familiar in the realm of stuttering. That's just what stuttering is: A very fickle phenomenon that varies a lot. You should totally go see a speech therapist to help you wit...

Congrats on getting started with therapy! I found the initial session was the worst for me, and you're already past that. I would definitely ask your therapist what their goals are and what success ...

your disfluency is intense, not intensive* Sounds like what you did was Fluency Shaping therapy and your result is very typical. You go away somewhere, learn some new techniques that works at first b...

I had a 6% percent disfluency that was still ranked severe, because instead of a stammer or little catch in my voice it was a full on indefinite stutter that I couldn't recover from. Speech therapy d...

I've had around 3-4 speech therapy teachers in the past 7 years. It really varies from teacher to teacher. Some teacher are useless and just tell you what you've been hearing for years. Talk slower,...

Finally starting therapy this week

Finally starting therapy this week Went in for an evaluation at the speech pathology department of my college. I stuttered on 12.9% of all syllables spoken. Seemed like fairly little to me at first, b...

Has anyone tried William Parry's book/method?

Has anyone tried William Parry's book/method? Just discovered this subreddit. Awesome! Most web forums about stuttering are almost completely deserted. Finally a place with some activity. :) Anyway, ...

> If you have heard the failure stories. 95% of them are either because, their stutter is caused by an articulator or a vocal cord problem (physical) Not to be that person, but ... evidence? The ...

I went to that program. It's like all the other fluency shaping programs. You get really fluent there because you're in this isolated, super supportive and safe environment. Then you come back to the ...

From my own experience, a few of the stuttering treatments out there seem to work very well in short term, but not in the long term. I feel that, part of the problem is the subjects (our) attitude. To...

What sort of techniques have you used to get your stuttering under control? I had skype sessions with him and all the theory stuff made a lot of sense to me but the practical stuff just didnt have any...