Search

I never said "stuttering will go away" if you speak fluently by yourself. Try not putting words into people's mouths and actually read what people write. Practising fluency skills infront of a mirror...

If that were true, people wouldn't stutter at all. Young kids, by the time they are in preschool, have uttered a million words. Most of which are fluent since kids who stutter don't stutter all the ti...

It is no way bad therapy. Any method that allows you to speak fluently regardless of circumstance is a good method. Speak fluently on your own for long enough and it will become easier to speak flue...

If you're therapist is giving him daily speech exercises such as reading words or sounds off a piece of paper, find a new therapist immediately because this one doesn't know what they're doing. Avoid ...

As a soon to be speech therapist I'm sorry you had such a bad experience in therapy. I recommend to those reading who are interested in speech therapy to look into a therapist with experience working ...

Sure! PM me if you'd like. I also bite my nails and am not surprised at all that a somewhat oral fixation is common among stutterers because of the inability and frustration resulting from not express...

Chiropractic Neurology - a revelation

Chiropractic Neurology - a revelation hello r/Stutter, I have stuttered since I learned to speak and created a reddit account just to make this post in this forum to tell my story. Having seen sever...

You're definitely not an asshole, just misguided in my opinion. You're trying to help and you actually seem to care, which is more than most people I've met in my life. Stuttering can be improved. Yes...

Stammering and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Stammering and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Hi guys. I've just got back from my fifth speech therapy session and to cut a long story short my therapist believes that Cognitive behavioural therapy is ...

Unlearning them is surprisingly easy. Never try to "force" words out to start. Practice Stuttering modification where you learn to stutter forward....

It helped me a ton. I went about 13 years ago, I went through a government agency called "Vocational Rehab" and they paid for me to get speech therapy at the local university(Purdue). I went for about...

Voluntary stuttering in every day situations is one stage of a treatment approach often used in speech therapy....

As has been said word substitution is an avoidance technique that should generally be, well...avoided. But I don't think you necessarily have to give up on speech therapy assuming your therapists is o...

A different approach to therapy

A different approach to therapy First post on r/stutter! Hi everyone! A little about me, I’ve stuttered my entire life and as many of you know, it’s not easy. At the age of 21 I decided to join the M...

McGuire Graduate here. My first course was last October and those first 2-3 weeks afterwards were phenomenal. I felt like a new person, like I was free from this monster that had imprisoned me my who...

100% McGuire Programme. Never even heard of this MPI-2 crap, McGuire is international and world renowned. Plus with McGuire you can try before you buy, and not pay full amount if you don't feel like i...

Personally - looks like rubbish. There will be little gain from an "online" program. To become stutter free, or to overcome stuttering, you need live practice with real people. The McGuire Programme ...

I've just signed up for it today. I've heard fluency shaping is a really good way to manage your stutter so I'm excited to try it out...

Persons with stutter in SF bay area

Persons with stutter in SF bay area Hi all, I am a PWS. I have done a few speech therapy sessions but have no luck so far. I am usually fluent in all normal situations but get blocked in critical situ...

https://youtu.be/nybCR4Oc8sI This is an interview with the British singer Gareth Gates. He was a contestant in the British show Pop Idol, you can see for yourself what his stutter was like when he au...