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Agreed. Mine isn't cured but I now know how to deal with blocks and anxiety around speaking. I am about 90-95% fluent these days, after some amazing speech therapy (insurance paid back most of the cos...

> I've been in speech therapy almost all my life so I know alot of different strategies on handling blocks but lately it seems like nothing works. May I ask, how many different therapists / progra...

Thank you for the advice. Now at least I know what techniques aren’t effective. I will try to get him to join a support group, thanks all!...

It’s definitely not too late to get him to a reputable speech therapist. I started going to a good therapist in my mid 30s. I would recommend finding someone who doesn’t do what is called “fluency sh...

Both, actually. Accepting that it would never 100% go away was the first thing i had to do. But also accepting that i had to work to improve, and i did. A shitload of techniques as well....

The poster above is right. And you are right too, it is hard to know who actually knows how to help. Even many stuttering focused therapists don't get it and primarily focus on fluency and teach techn...

The right speech therapy program allows many of us to achieve very high levels of fluency. I wouldn't classify it as a permanent fix the way you're defining it. Yes you'll be able to speak complet...

Yes they do. I can talk all day long now. Life is 100x better than some months ago. I'm not 100% stutter free, but in those (now) rare cases where I sense I'm about to stutter, I'm able to avoid it. O...

Speech therapy

Speech therapy 23(F) , I’ve had a bad stutter all my life but the older i got it just seems to get very easy to speak. This runs in my family and now my 2 year old nephew stutters he’s very smart for ...

Techniques from speech therapy

Techniques from speech therapy Some things I learnt from speech therapy. 1. Sliding in: instead of a blunt start to the word, enter it slowly then speed up to normal pace e.g. saaaussages. (first wor...

it's a course to help people cope with their stutter and help them stop or reduce how much they do it. they have courses all over the world. where do you live? https://www.mcguireprogramme.com/en yo...

>Could you share the tips and practices? I wish it was that simple. The therapy I received was more of a program which starts with the basics and builds towards fluency. It's a little like someone...

Mid-twenties. But it wasn't my age, so much as my resolution and the work I put into it. In my teens I didn't work towards my fluency. I went to the speech therapy session once a week. But I didn't ...

>Did you have a good experience with speech therapy Not until the last time. My first experience with speech therapy was in public school. It was not helpful. I went to a professional speech ther...

I appreciate the reply I tried speech therapy for years and always hated on it for no progress but I think I didn’t actually apply the strategies. Did you have a good experience with speech therapy an...

Speech Therapy. Find an SLP that specializes in stuttering. Put in the work. One of our peers recently shared how they achieved dramatic results in two months by working at it two hours a day. Spee...

One Speech Therapy veteran's suggesions for you guys.

One Speech Therapy veteran's suggesions for you guys. Hey guys, I have not checked this sub for a while. I come back this time just to offer some suggestions for you guys who are willing to conduct sp...

Speech therapy helps a lot of people with stutters improve their fluency. Some of us form a low opinion of speech therapy due to our first experiences with speech therapy not helping. In my case, it ...

Short term speech therapy made my stutter worse. Long term it has helped me a huge amount....

I want to give a shout out to the McGuire Program

I want to give a shout out to the McGuire Program I don't have any affiliation with them, but I wanted to give them a plug as their program changed my life in 2002! A multi day intensive course where ...