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Did your child received the therapy directly or did you get therapy as a parent of a child who stutters? ...

Okay so I’m a speech therapist so take this with a grain of salt! A lot of speech therapists are unfortunately hesitant to work with people who stutter because they feel under qualified so I would def...

Disclaimer: not a SLP I feel like you are placing too much emphasis on your "personal" stuttering being neurological instead of psychological. People experience anxiety differently, and what you t...

hi! 21f here. i’ve also had a “severe” stutter since childhood with no prior history of anything brain related. regarding the success of speech therapy, i’ve noticed over the years that i was not as ...

therapy helped a lot of people but the therapist definitely matters. some are stuck in old methods that make kids self conscious. Better Speech lets you try different therapists until you find the rig...

It ultimately depends on what your goals are. Often when people seek treatment for stammering, it's not because they want to be fluent for the sake of it. It's because they want to _not stammer_ bec...

Ive never had any real help or advice for my sutter and I'm looking for it now

Ive never had any real help or advice for my sutter and I'm looking for it now I am 20F and I've suttered since the 6th grade. It literally just showed up over night. One week I started stuttering pre...

I got therapy but tbh it didn't do much for me. I didn't stutter much in front of my therapist from what I remember, but stuttered everywhere else...

also omg, i'm the sameeee, Deaf in my left ear and becoming Deaf in my right ear i've always heard stories of the SLPs who stutter tending to be more helpful, but have never met one in person and i a...

I need advice on which direction to go with my boys

I need advice on which direction to go with my boys I have two boys who stutter, ages 6 and 8. My 6 yo has stuttered since he learned to speak, and it doesn’t really get in the way of him getting his ...

As someone who is hard of hearing , (I can’t hear out of one ear and of some hearing loss in the other), I get it. The best SLP I had, stuttered himself. He was incredible and pushed me in all the r...

Even the best fluent SLPs are still not people who stutter and will never be fully able to understand our experience because of that. I think it’s totally okay to want a safe space separate from fluen...

I am currently following a therapy (ARTS, avoidance reduction therapy). It involves using no tricks. So no extra words, no skipping words. No nothing. Just let it happen. I can tell you that it is f...

I used to stutter a lot, But a miracle happened , During my graduation I had to give a presentation but before that, I met the professor and told him that I have severe stammering, I couldn't speak am...

I'm an old guy. I finally found after trying a lot of different kinds of therapy. What finally worked for me took 3 things. 1) Techniques to deal with my type of stuttering. Diffferent types of st...

Hi, I’m a 37F who decided to give speech therapy another go after having a similar experience like you. I’m more willing to use techniques now than I would have back then and we’re using different c...

Adult speech therapy

Adult speech therapy Hello everyone. I’m 31F. Have had a lifelong stutter. Started speech therapy as a child and it literally went away by the time I was 13. Did a lot of public speaking throughou...

I am sorry you are hurt and I understand. I stutter also. Stuttering is not who we are. Everyone has something. I am married to my husband over 30 years. I stuttered severly when I met him before I re...

Actual Therapy (with a psychotherapist) ended up indirectly helped my speech much more than a speech therapist but that’s just my experience....

As an adult I found that therapy that focused on self acceptance rather than “techniques” to be the most helpful. Because I am overly critical, impatient and easily frustrated by my speech I never had...