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1. She is not a speech therapist 2. Shaming anyone will only harm them 3. She's an idiot if she thinks one film and two uninformed pieces of advice will magically fix everything 4. She clearly ha...

I think that my speech therapist don't know what shes doing

I think that my speech therapist don't know what shes doing I started this therapy about 1 year ago and I thought several times about quitting it and looking for another therapist but always when I wa...

That's terrible. I'm sorry that you've had that experience with speech therapy. There are definitely some good speech therapists out there....

My therapists as a kid weren’t good. They liked to tell me things I wouldn’t be able to do, which I will never understand. They also told my parents never to talk about it which made me feel worse abo...

Stuttering Therapy - Good or Bad?

Stuttering Therapy - Good or Bad? What is your opinion of stuttering therapy? Did your speech improve or remain the same after therapy? Did stuttering therapy help you or hurt you? Was stuttering t...

I am sure I had over $100,000 worth of useless therapy in the Chicago Public Schools, the University of Illinois and Northwestern University. Not only was it useless, it was harmful. They told me I ...

SLP here! I have an idea where the therapist was headed with your example. Dm if you’re curious. Also thank you for sharing, it’s important to advocate for what worked and what didn’t , and if therapi...

Most speech therapists are actually not trained to help stutterers (they are more trained to help ppl with articulation problems). It’s not your fault it’s not working. You have to find someone who ...

TBH, I think your experience as a PWS going to speech therapy is actually very common. It’s because most have almost no training in treating dysfluency. I truly think that it’s better to do nothing...

Does he ever express frustration with his stutter? You can try bringing up the topic with him to see how he feels about it. My personal experience was that, at that age I couldn’t enunciate certain so...

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 therapist here, I would never say this to a client face to face but I’ll say it here. Spending time working on and talking about your stutter can bring those negative feelings associated with ...

An SLP who does not specialize in a stuttering could actually make it worse. They will treat you for a problem you don’t have (articulation, breathing), and when it fails, *you* could blame yourself....

Zero. Most speech therapists don't know much about it or how to help with it. Good job on knowing that psychiatrist was a quack....

I don't know how much worth your stutter problem and what issue you face but think I know pls Try to make separate your personal issue or professional issue with your stutter. I know it's really diffi...

This program is everything wrong with speech therapy. They didn't even have an speech language pathologist on their staff until recently. I think they hired her to deflect away criticism. No SLP who u...

Blocking isn't ugly. Stuttering on the sound is ugly (when there's a lot of tension). You block because you are unwilling to stutter on that sound and show how ugly it might be. But you're unwilling i...

Don't get me wrong, I have the upmost respect of what you do, but if stuttering is not your specialism please be carefull. Lots of people with good intentions crossed my path in my schooldays, but on...

Speech therapy wouldn't help neurological stuttering? Firstly, all stuttering is neurological on some level. Secondly, what did they mean by benefit? If they mean make you stop stuttering, that's an a...

Find a new therapist. Sad truth is most don't understand stuttering....