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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
3 points

It's great that your school offers those services! if I were you, I'd take advantage of it. Speech therapy isn't just about curbing disfluencies, it's also about addressing the emotional side of the...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Therapy ExperiencesAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/stutteringDec 5, 2024
2 points

Hi, I'm 58. I've stuttered since I was 3. You've gotten a lot of great advice here. Your speech-language pathologist should be really helpful, although please know that some are shifting towards viewi...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Medicalization / NeurodiversityTherapy ExperiencesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
3 points

I think CBT is right approach of people that have mild stutter, and only face issues during high stress. I have the same issue and cbt style therapy helped a lot with my speech and mental state in gen...

Therapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Therapy ExperiencesFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
1 points

Currently in nursing school and attend therapy but I pay for jt. You will cry. You will be emotional. It’s fine. It’s per of the process. I highly recommend it....

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commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
2 points

I’ve done some therapy, and also have implemented many of the things you’ve listed over many years. But yes I’ll be interested in chatting with you....

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Therapy Experiences
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
1 points

My university also offered free services conducted by graduate students supervised by SLPs. I found it helpful, and my therapist and I had a great connection, so I really felt like she cared. I stil...

Therapy & Professional
Therapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
1 points

after college, I attended speech therapy for about two months. later I realised it's not treatment to cure but techniques to handle it. then I discontinued it. because I know that I have my own techni...

Anticipation & AvoidanceTherapy & Professional
Avoidance & SubstitutionTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
1 points

I can very well imagine that the stuff you bought might not be worth it for you or me. But at the same time, nobody forced you to :) If it's completely unhelpful to you, contact him for a refund or ...

Therapy & Professional
Therapy ExperiencesCure Claims / Alt-Treats
commentr/StutterDec 5, 2024
1 points

No, but I have watched a few videos on YouTube and bought some of the books he recommended. These indeed cover a lot of the material that he uses and been a great help for my self-therapy journey. W...

Therapy & Professional
Therapy Experiences
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2024
3 points

If you feel like you're going to cry can you excuse yourself and leave? You can let them know stuttering is a very sensitive and emotional subject for you. Most college people are pretty empathetic an...

Therapy & Professional
Seeking TherapyTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2024
1 points

It's great that the school offers services for free, but with that you're getting a mixed bag in terms of effectiveness, and you know for sure that you're getting clinicians with no experience. This i...

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Seeking TherapyTherapy Experiences
postr/StutterDec 4, 2024
5 points

Has anyone taken speech therapy in college?

Has anyone taken speech therapy in college? I'm a college freshman and my stutter has been the worst for a few months now. My mom really wants me to look into speech therapy again, but I'm really nerv...

Speech & StutteringTherapy & Professional
Repetitions & ProlongationsSeeking TherapyTherapy Experiences+1 more
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2024
3 points

He did give good advices, that’s why I bought one of his programs. I guess it just wasn’t for me...

Therapy & Professional
Therapy Experiences
commentr/StutterDec 4, 2024
1 points

Been doing speech therapy ever since I was around 3, currently in High School. No change. “Use slow speech. Try tapping something whenever you speak. Read this paragraph out loud.” And so on. No chang...

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Seeking TherapyTherapy Experiences
postr/StutterDec 1, 2024
5 points

Speech therapy for psychogenic stutter?

Speech therapy for psychogenic stutter? Hi! Has anyone tried speech therapy for stutter which appears only while speaking with particular people? I tried one free session in the past and it was all ab...

Therapy & Professional
Seeking TherapyTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterNov 29, 2024
1 points

🤣! I also thought speech therapy was like that because that’s how it was when I was younger and I’m so glad I went back and it was so different, I was so confused in my first few sessions of the mos...

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Therapy ExperiencesMindset shiftAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterNov 27, 2024
1 points

So if everything is normal from a neurological and genetic point of view, it could be purely psychological (but I strongly doubt it), or due to dyspraxia, autism or other neurodivergence (but then I i...

Causes & VariabilityTherapy & ProfessionalCoping & Advocacy
Neurological & BrainSeeking TherapyTherapy Experiences+2 more
commentr/StutterNov 25, 2024
3 points

Yeah, I think we agree there too. My last sentence comes from my perspective, having my first speech therapist at around 26 years old. At that point I only had psychotherapy, and although it helped a ...

Therapy & Professional
Seeking TherapyTherapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy Techniques
commentr/StutterNov 24, 2024
1 points

I completely feel myself in your words, i just want to ask how had was the process and what age were you in when you started the practice...

Therapy & Professional
Therapy Experiences
commentr/StutterNov 23, 2024
1 points

I stuttered a lot from a child through till about 14. stayed quite fluent and confident from 14 to about 20, then it went downhill fast after i got anxiety at college ahead of a huge presentation. I...

Therapy & ProfessionalEmotional Experience
Therapy ExperiencesHope & Motivation