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Your speech therapy history I'm curious about the speech therapy history of people here. I will start with mine. I began stuttering at the age of five. Stuttering runs in my family, so I assume I had the genetic disposition to stuttering. I'm the only one of all family members in my generation that stutters. My siblings and cousins don't stutter. I had a moderate stuttering consisting of mostly repetitions. A few months after I began stuttering my parents brought me to a speech therapist. I visited that therapist for over a year, but it didn't seem to help me. Speech therapists in my country aren't specialized in the treatment of persistent stuttering. The speech therapist concluded she couldn't help me with my stuttering and referred me to a stuttering therapist. From my 6th till my 10th I had stuttering therapy at that stuttering therapist. She taught me how to deal with my stuttering mentally and I learned stuttering modification techniques. This holistic approach worked great. When I was done with that therapy I was a mild stutterer and it didn’t hold me back at all. I was always the first to answer a question the teacher asked in class and presentations didn’t bother me at all. When I hit puberty I became self-conscious of my stuttering and I became a severe stutterer. My repetitions turned into blocks. While before my stuttering never hindered my communication, the blocks did do that. That’s the reason that at the age of 15 I decided to pick up therapy again. My old stuttering therapist had retired so I went to a different one. With that therapist I had a very good relation and she helped me out greatly, but she had no success in treating my stutter. I stayed there until my 22th to practice my speech to have SOME control over my stuttering, but I remained a severe stuttered. After looking on the internet for alternative treatments I came across the McGuire Program. This program seemed to work for many stutterers and had great reviews all across the board. I discussed this option with my stuttering therapist and she thought it was a great idea to give it a shot. After my first McGuire course my confidence got such an enormous boost that I was nearly fluent for around three months. Speaking to over 250 strangers in public and holding a public speech on a market square in front of a crowd has that effect on you. The hard part is maintaining the new found fluency. It requires a lifestyle change to practice the technique for at least half an hour daily and an assertive attitude to constantly push out of your comfort zone. That kind of therapy doesn't match my personality so when I relapsed and was unable to get out of the relapse during my second course I decided this wasn't for me. When I became 26 I tried a different approach. Instead of being so focused on getting fluent I started psychotherapy to work on the acceptance of my stuttering. To work on the part of my stuttering that is hidden below the iceberg. The shame, the anxiety, the anger and the frustration. This is a big part of my stuttering. It went through four different psychotherapists before I found one where it clicked with and that was also competent enough. I'm still working on that now and recently started a new intensive stuttering therapy which can be a described as a light version of McGuire. I'm hopeful this combination will help me accept my stuttering and give me more control of my speech. So far it seems to be working. The speech therapy gave me more control over my stuttering and I have a lot more acceptance of my stuttering than before. I’m still not at the level where I like to be.