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I will say I do regret getting tested out of speech therapy. As draining as it can be, and repetitive and feeling like I know more than the therapist. It was super beneficial for me and probably for ...

**Result:** At first, this approach might feel uncomfortable, potentially worsening your stutter or making you want to avoid certain situations or emotions altogether as underlying insecurities come ...

I totally understand how it feels to not have family that accepts your stutter and is insistent on “trying to fix it”. That being said, as an adult now I wished that my parents/siblings had played a m...

Treatment is individualized to the person. It is not “one technique that fixes stuttering”....

I fully stopped going to school SLP 7th grade roughly your age. It just didn't work. Mine were at public school. I told the therapist first and the principal that it had not helped for... Ever! I hone...

I was able to achieve fluency later in life. I received proper speech therapy and have a full understanding of the importance of breath support. My opinion, gained from my personal experiences, is t...

I am not an expert. I can only speak anecdotally. In my experience, adding sounds or employing sound avoidance only compounded my disfluency issues. In my case, adding "mmm" provided a short-term res...

As a school SLP I’ll offer my perspective, take it for what you feel it’s worth. I work with K-12 in the American school system. In any given year, I regularly see ~60 students for speech therapy ser...

I have been largely isolated since I lost the past jobs and its taken a toll on my mental health. The new job I started is in Biology. In one year I can change my whole life around and build sound sta...

Speech therapy didn't help me that much. What really helped me was "moving on" I still stutter but i dont mind anymore...

Lowkey I think the reason why speech therapy never works for most people is in part due to them not giving a fair shake and continuously practicing the techniques solo and in gradually difficult speak...

This is pretty much how it happened for me as well. I was in Speech Therapy one or two days a week from 2nd grade all the way up until I got to High School. It never really helped me so when I got to ...

I just stopped going when I got into high school. I still stutter. Some days are bad, some are good. I felt like I learned everything I could, and nothing else was helping For several months, my ...

Damn dude. How old are you? She needs to hear from other parents of stutterers and stutterers themselves. Speech therapy absolutely held me back in a similar way - it made me focus on trying to "fi...

Read the post of person who explain this method. It's not a technique you use when you say the word, but a daily practice like meditation and relaxation. You press on a certain area, with the help of ...

Do you know why she said you shouldn’t have used it? I’m an SLP and I have a different opinion. Based on clinical literature and first-hand experience it definitely can be effective, but it is importa...

Thank you for sharing your experience so openly. It takes courage to reflect on your history with stuttering and to make the decision that you want to move forward in a new way. A helpful starting p...

The second therapist was clearly uneducated with how she said you don't stutter. "Psychological blockade" is a PART of stuttering duh. Just because sometimes I don't stutter, doesn't mean that I don'...

Anyone have hard time adjusting to a new language?

Anyone have hard time adjusting to a new language? So I have been in a new country and have to speak english. My english is quite good and in my head I can speak soo much better but my stutter is just...

Speech therapy techniques

Speech therapy techniques Hi. I recently started speech therapy again (i went to like 4 therapists when i was a child, now i’m in my 20s). And this therapist’s techniques are a bit different. I tried...