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It's the Lidcombe method? It seemed so forced when I was doing it with our son... he kept asking me "WHY DO YOU KEEP SAYING THAT?" -- referring to me saying "smooth speech" or "no bumps..." We are s...

I’m a person who stutters (but now has learned how to speak smoothly) and works in early childhood mental health. I had an unpleasant visceral reaction to your description of the “therapy”. The go...

is therapy making it worse?

is therapy making it worse? Our 3.5 year old son has been stuttering for awhile. He is in speech therapy- and we are doing a method where for 10 minutes a day- I play with him and point out only smo...

Also agree that this process isn’t successful but for different reasons. Firstly, if someone is having panic-based blocks and engages in significant avoidance behaviors, they absolutely want and need...

I wish this person was pulling mental gymnastics and that you were right. Unfortunately, this is fluency shaping 101. I’ve tried this so many times. It worked for a while, after then I just had the sa...

Like I said I am happy it's helped you but for most people it doesn't help and reinforces negative feelings about stuttering. Anyone who's gotten the unsolicited advice to "take a deep breath" knows h...

It’s a helpful tip mate that got me over stuttering 👍🏻 not sure what mental gymnastics you have done to make it a bad thing but whatever....

From speaking to many pws and therapists who have clients who tried fluency shaping. Imo it's a flawed system because it teaches reinforces that stutters is bad and therefore if you stutter you are ba...

It does not for the majority? Where have you got that from? It’s not something you just do once it’s take a lot of practise...

Very glad it worked for you. This is fluency shaping 101 and does not work for the majority of pws so no one should be bad if it doesn't work for them. ...

Personally I would avoid anybody who talks about fluency or makes it a goal for you to stutter less. Stuttering isn't the problem issue. Fear, shame, not enjoying communication, not saying everything ...

HI I stutter and am a speech pathologist, I am also a stuttering specialist of over 30 years. Lidocmbe often can be used after age 6 however not all therapists are stuttering specialists. I have seen ...

First let me say I’m sorry you are hurting so much. Please have hope because stuttering, while not necessarily “curable,” can subside an amazing amount and be much less disruptive. I’m a ...

Find a fluency program that works for you. I had incredible success with the SLP I found. Initially, I failed to make significant improvement with this therapist. It wasn't until I came back years lat...

I recommend SLP Stephan online. It’s legit and he’s a “fluent stutterer” himself....

Depends entirely on whether or not the providers received effective training in treating dysfluency. If you block, they should be teaching you to do voluntary repetitions, make eye contact, and begi...

I once made many mouth & loud reading exercises for months and my stutter was mostly gone, almost a normal talker. However when I stop practicing it got worse again ( a bit better than it was.) so ı t...

Helped my confidence more than anything, and a bonus was after each session I felt more relaxed than I’d ever felt before...

This is pretty normal - stuttering will often fluctuate somewhat in conjunction with stress levels, although not always. The Arthur Blank Center for Stuttering (out of UT Austin) has a great stutter...

There are a few different “types” of speech therapy and an also of dysfluency. Some combinations work leave with client with improved speaking ability and confidence - some will do the opposite....