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They sent me a letter confirming an appointment within a few weeks as far as I can remember. Might push them if you chased up with your GP...

I've been reffered by my GP when I went to an appointment in late December, but have been calling up every couple of weeks or so following it up with no luck. How long did it take you to get this 6 w...

Stammer-er who lives in the UK here too. I got lucky and got a 6 week session with a speech therapist under the NHS, but it hardly scratch the surface. Generally speaking, it seems like the NHS does...

You've got nothing to lose. And even if you'll be fluent there, you can explain your situation and they can still help you. ...

You're worried about wasting their time? Yes it is worth it to see an slp and get evaluated. That's literally their job and you getting checked out is the opposite of wasting their time. ...

Congrats on amazing progress so far! I would be wary with the SpeechEasy. It has been proven to not have long term effects, and it’s quite costly. However, it’s up to you and your pathologist what to...

Advice on seeking professional help

Advice on seeking professional help So at the age of 20 I finally decided to make an appointment with a speech therapist, but I'm afraid that my stutter won't come out during the meeting. In past expe...

Dave McGuire, founder of the McGuire Programme and author of Beyond Stuttering is coming over from the USA to instruct the McGuire Programme Sydney Intensive Course in April.

Dave McGuire, founder of the McGuire Programme and author of Beyond Stuttering is coming over from the USA to instruct the McGuire Programme Sydney Intensive Course in April. If you were ever consider...

If you don't don't you're getting anything out of your slp, is either tell them what you're doing isn't working for you or find a new slp. Most slps don't know how to work with stuttering effectively ...

I wish everyone here could just do the McGuire Programme, there would be so many less questions about what is stuttering, why is it so weird, how come I can't say this, etc. Since my first course I literally don't have those thoughts ever again and stuttering and how to control it is now so obvious.

I wish everyone here could just do the McGuire Programme, there would be so many less questions about what is stuttering, why is it so weird, how come I can't say this, etc. Since my first course I li...

This is a serious problem. Consult a doctor about this, and if they do nothing, you need to consult a counselor or psychiatrist and see what they can do. Don’t live your life in silence....

You need to seek therapy for your stuttering, there is nothing else people can say to help you....

FYI, my son had an overnight stutter appear, which got worse for about 2 weeks to the stage he was giving up speaking because he was so frustrated. A few days later it started decreasing to basically ...

Stuttering is caused by a number of reasons, could be injuries or heritage. What one stutters on is different for everyone, for example I have a very hard time saying my name, others don’t. I’d recomm...

Anyone else here have other speech issues too?

Anyone else here have other speech issues too? I’ve been in speech therapy my whole life. I had to learn how to make the L, TH, R, and SH sounds when I was in elementary, middle, and high school. I le...

I don't think that's true either. Not to undermine your position, but I think you've got the wrong impression. Did you ever try speech therapy to see if it could help you manage those difficult speec...

In your video you said that!! And yes little kids can grow out of it. You can’t seek speech therapy for a cure. I had early intervention and everything you could do imaginable to work on my speech and...

Telling people stuttering can be cured is disrespectful to the whole community. In the profession of speech pathology the first thing they tell parents with a child who stutters is that therapy won’t ...

You say in your video that speech therapy will cure stuttering. ...

How do you think PWS feel after Steve harvey make stuttering look easy? Or show the world that in 5 min of speech therapy it can be “fixed”. That is false hope if people believe what he says. That mak...