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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2014
1 points

Assuming you are seeing a speech therapist who has experience with stuttering, this should not be an issue at all. I'm a stuttering specialist and it is common for people to speak very or even perfec...

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2014
2 points

It doesn' matter how you stutter. Your therapist should know this and be used to this. ...

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commentr/StutterOct 9, 2014
3 points

This happened to be a long time ago. The top comment seems to have it. We are so resistant (afraid) to stutter that we can't even show it anymore. The harder we try to cover it up the more severe it b...

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commentr/StutterSep 30, 2014
2 points

When I attended a certain speech therapy school in Virginia this is what they taught us. I came out sounding like a robot and soon relapsed. Not an effective speech therapy, also very expensive!!...

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commentr/StutterSep 26, 2014
1 points

Hope for the future then! Life will become a little easier. Mind if I ask how long you had CBT? Using the phone is my Everest....

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commentr/StutterSep 25, 2014
1 points

it's quite common for stutterers, yes. however, how exactly _you_ feel about might not be the same as what _i_ feel. that's where a speech therapist comes in... i've you've never been to one, give it ...

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commentr/StutterAug 27, 2014
2 points

That's a very interesting post Blaat1985. I'd especially like to know how psychotherapy goes for you. I've had very limited exposure to speech therapy. Spent the first eight years of my life in a lit...

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postr/StutterAug 27, 2014
5 points

Your speech therapy history

Your speech therapy history I'm curious about the speech therapy history of people here. I will start with mine. I began stuttering at the age of five. Stuttering runs in my family, so I assume I had...

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commentr/StutterAug 1, 2014
1 points

Yeah, I'm with you. I know that my fluency increased when I worked on my internal issues but a immediate change like that, not so much. And yeah, the rocky and bullwinkle thing was shit but I think he...

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commentr/StutterJul 29, 2014
1 points

I can't post the paper yet. It's not published yet and I can't share it until it is. However, here are links to other papers you might find helpful. [The effect of an intensive group therapy program ...

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commentr/StutterJul 28, 2014
1 points

Can you post or PM a link to your paper? As a private SLP I'm all the time having to justify working on cognitive/emotional topics in my treatment plans to insurance companies. We are just now startin...

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commentr/StutterJul 27, 2014
17 points

Speech Therapist and person who stutters chiming in here. It is interesting that you correlate masturbation with stuttering. Even more-so with confidence boosting. In general, masturbation is a heal...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2014
1 points

I went to a 4 week intensive in Toronto that was based on the well known Hollins program in VA (Intensive fluency shaping program). It was basically like i described. I spoke great in that super suppo...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2014
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Sorry, I wasn't trying to advertise. I found this through [Stuttering Foundation](http://www.stutteringhelp.org/clinics-intensive) and all the clinics have similar success rates (and ~70% after a year...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2014
1 points

This space isn't really for advertising programs to get customers, especially if you've never even tried it. To those you havent gone to fluency shaping programs before, I say don't get swayed by the...

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commentr/StutterJul 21, 2014
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That program is really expensive. I just got back from a 8 day fluency shaping stuttering course in The Netherlands. It costs €1500,- here and it includes unlimited acces to aftercare. Aftercare in th...

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commentr/StutterJul 21, 2014
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I haven't personally done this yet, but I met someone who did this program and he said it literally changed his life. The link is for a packet of free information on the program. It's somewhat expens...

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commentr/StutterMay 18, 2014
3 points

I dont want to be the bad guy around here but i got to say if your stuttering neurological probably you cant overcome. Still that doesnt mean life can be suck. Go to speech therapy seriously you can c...

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commentr/StutterMay 18, 2014
2 points

Hey, you can greatly improve you situation! Not every stutterer manages to overcome his problem, but: - Speech therapy can greatly help. I went from not being able to introduce myself, to being so ...

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commentr/StutterMay 16, 2014
2 points

Some people stutter because they stutter. The anxiety of knowing we stutter may in fact increase our stuttering. Many speech therapists now target the social/emotional aspect of stuttering as well a...

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