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Not suggesting it's a cure. Read what I wrote: >I'm not suggesting that there is a magic bullet out there for stutterers. But I know that most of us can make great strides and improve our fluency...

Interviewing a Candidate with a Stutter - How Can I make Them Feel Comfortable?

Interviewing a Candidate with a Stutter - How Can I make Them Feel Comfortable? Hi All, I'm interviewing a candidate for a position at our company (it's a pretty informal set-up, just myself and an...

She's 8 and we're just starting out. She has had her appraisal and starts her therapy next week. The same therapist who did the appraisal is going to do her sessions. They got on like a house on fire....

It's an effective course. A bit pricey but I have paid more than that to therapists and psychologists however Never stutter again helped me the most. (don't expect any shortcuts or cures. It takes tim...

Working with a Student I Can't Understand

Working with a Student I Can't Understand One of my friends works at a school for adults with disabilities. As a substitute teacher I can work wherever I want, but I like her students a lot, and the s...

I am a speech therapist and vocal coach myself. This is my LinkedIn page if you would like to message me, I accept private pay as a teletherapist and meet clients on Zoom, https://www.linkedin.com/in...

Experience with Lidcomb method

Experience with Lidcomb method My son (4 yrs) has been assessed to have a moderate stutter. His therapist is recommending the Lidcombe method. I was wondering if anyone can share their experience wit...

50M If you find a good speech pathologist, fluency can be achievable. I found fluency in my mid 20s after being a lifelong severe stutterer. How do you find a "good" speech therapist? I lucked into...

First off, I'm sorry that you were tortured. I can't even imagine. Outside of therapy sessions, how much time did you work on your fluency? Was there homework? Practicing that the therapists had you ...

Reasons or causes of stuttering differ between people. As with many things, stuttering and fluency exist on a spectrum. 'Normal' people can still stutter, even though they are mostly fluent. You lik...

I totally hear you. As a stutterer myself, I have a hard time implementing the strategies in real life. I'm sorry therapy was tough for you, but glad you found another way to get support! Now, if you ...

I am glad I was helpful! Yeah speech therapy can be quite helpful. A good therapist will focus on techniques and also the emotional counseling side of stuttering too BTW. It is a two-fold situation....

What stuttering programs has helped you gain fluency and also become a better public speaker in the work enviroment?

What stuttering programs has helped you gain fluency and also become a better public speaker in the work enviroment? I don't just want to be fluent. I also want to be a great public speaker due to the...

Speech therapy works. Not all speech therapy is the same. You have to find the right program. In this sub I've read some descriptions of speech therapy that make me cringe. I stuttered from early c...

No, there is another option. Instead of "finding techniques to minimize the stutter. It feels like changing my way of talking and it is just to much effort.", which is a perfectly way way to feel abou...

Thanks :) Part of my job is recording voice overs and I started by repeating each individual line over and over until it was stutter-free. Sometimes if I just couldn't do it, I would edit to make it s...

Effective treatment exists for many of us. Speech therapy. Speech therapy often gets a very bad rap. And I 100% understand why. My first experience with speech therapy was in the public schools. It...

Speech therapy. Even if you've tried speech therapy before, try again. Try a different program if the therapy you had didn't work. I've learned that the differences between treatment programs varies g...

Don't be peculiar about being not allowed to say 'cure'.They've just mentioned 'There is no cure',just to make sure to you that therapies might not be universally helpful to everyone and results are ...

That sounds horrible. Nothing you said was at all similar to my experience. In fact, I remember one of the initial instructions I received in therapy was "Don't try this at home or outside of therapy...