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Most speech therapists are not trained to treat dysfluency so give advice that is worthless, at best. The way to minimize your stutter is to basically do the opposite of what you are probably automa...

McGuire program thought me deliberate disfluency technique that had helped me a lot. They also have more techniques...

>I said to use a few tangible techniques before speaking that will reduce the fear/rituals/blocks. I agree....

If you have a recipe to bake a cake a leave out the flour and baking powder, it will probably be terrible. That's what you are doing. I keep suggesting longer lists of things to try and you keep ign...

Again...what happens when you try the techniques that I keep suggesting? It seems like you just want to engage in confusing debate over semantics, instead of trying new ways to get more fluent....

Actually my suggestions are : eye contact, exhale, begin slowly and enunciate. If done along with voluntary stuttering, eventually the rituals will start to fade away \*on their own\*. I think that ...

"I think it’s preferable to focus on techniques to avoid getting to the point of needing to return to beginning of a word." I agree that we should focus on a technique, tool or strategy to unblock. B...

I think it’s preferable to focus on techniques to avoid getting to the point of needing to return to beginning of a word. Those techniques are same ones I keep giving out. Do you know what they ar...

Or you can also try- aaaaaaaaaadeetroit. Like prolonging the aaaaaa so it becomes easier for you say d words...

Yes! It’s fantastic, helped me a lot with my stuttering. You get a copy when you do enrol in the McGuire program. You even practice what it says intensively for 3 days....

Anxiety reduction in general. My blocks are tension based and the anticipation of the block is the cause of the block. I just try to do it and not care about (fake it till you make it) so I have less...

i second that. helped me in 2002 amd still use the techniques now. still get the chest tightening but i now know how to get past it and say what I want to say. the course is an absolute life changer. ...

Thank you so much for the reply. I will try. Have you done another thing in addition to the massages and saying the words? Ps. I am glad you have improved your speech Edit: Have you watch any video o...

When I was doing speech therapy, they had us practice making phone calls a lot. It was just calling places asking them how late they’re open, stuff like that. I would do some deep breathing and relaxa...

Fingers spread out and tips touching the back of your skull(where your neck meets your head), lying down, apply gentle but firm pressure on your scalp(trimmed fingernails) to the point of dragging the...

When you feel a block coming try saying the word slowly. If it hits hard then pause take a deep breath and try saying it again. Hopefully tomorrow goes great so you’ll be confident for Friday. Best of...

These are my tips: * don't pay attention to stuttering in the sense of not let it bother you. If you stutter, don't stress or overthink * don't try to control your articulators like tongue * don't do...

Make eye contact. Exhale. Voluntary-stutter. Begin speaking slowly. Basically, the opposite of what you are already doing....

Same, used to stutter on my wife’s name. Speech therapist gave me ways to start learning how to pronounce it, and after a while i’m fluent with it....

Basically, do the opposite of what you are trying to do. There’s a podcast by a professional SLP who stutters (but you could never tell) who explains reasons for stuttering/blocking/secondary behavio...