commentr/StutterDecember 13, 2023

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I’m a stuttering specialist SLP just fyi…. All the resources you find online are individual stories, experiences, or tricks that work for that person. If you and that person are in the same boat struggling with the same issues, then the information can be really helpful. However, that’s exceedingly rare, the more likely outcome is half-true information that is fully true for the speaker, and not true for the listener. The number one thing I’ve learned in my time seeing stutterers for my job, is that no two cases are the same or would benefit from identical “therapy scripts”. And YouTube videos or articles online can’t change their script to account for who they are speaking to. Examples 1 and 2. I loathe reading off a page, and will do anything I can to “free wheel” my speech to avoid anything predetermined. James Earl Jones can read off a page perfectly fluently, so he strictly memorizes lines to avoid stuttering. Two people with stutters, two exactly opposite solutions. More serious example 2. Some clients would be destroyed if I really explained to them how stuttering isn’t cured, it’s worked with and worked around. They would quit therapy and find some other SLP who is willing to lie to them. But for me, that was the urge I needed to take therapy seriously. I was banking on my stutter just fading away rather than putting in the work to grow in my own skin. Again, both myself and my clients stutter, my missing piece was the stray that broke their back. Ultimately, you’ll need to do more self reflection than absorption of information via internet. You are trying to work on YOU, not someone else. Best of luck man

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Therapy & Professional

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Seeking TherapyTherapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy TechniquesUnhelpful Therapy TechniquesPositive Therapy FitNegative Therapy / Harm