Stuttering Solutions Atlanta

People who stutter develop social anxiety (fear) related to stuttering. What explains the situations in which they cannot emply their"techniques" or "targets?" What are internal conflicts inside of stuttering therapy? Many pws report they have an internal conflict: they spent alot of energy and money on fluency shaping but deep down they think it bring more attention to their s...

Stacy Bruce, PharmD is a pharmacist in Alabama. Listen to her list of accomplishments with speaking and how she got to where she is today. Her roles at the hospital place her in numerous public speaking situations. She is a member of two Toastmasters clubs. Stacy spoke with me at the SHAA convention in Birmingham in February, 2025. She recently participated in a panel discussion about stuttering w...

Imagine, if you stutter, getting through military school, the Army, learning Japanese and now a premier MBA program!?! Kevin & Tim catch up after 12 years. Kevin vividly remembers his speech therapy with Tim. We discuss holistic therapy that integrated CBT and SLP. Listen to this compelling story!

Many adults who stutter struggle with a "flare up" or an "exacerbation" of stuttering and the feelings that come with it. Let's explore the anatomy of a flare up. How does it happen? What can I do about it? We need to explore the cognitive and the physical aspects of the flare up.

Listen to Courson share the victories from high school until now. Tim & Courson last spoke 11 years ago. Full-immersion and "trial by fire" are what we have in common. Courson is now 27 years old and he is thriving in sales. Stuttering will not slow him down!

Happy New Year! It is time to get rid of FOPO. FOPO stands for Fear Other People's Opinion. FOPO leads to so much anxiety and avoidance, doesn't it. Listen to podcasts by Michael Gervais to start your year. Watch or re-watch The King's Speech and When I Stutter. Check me out on Insta and TikTok at stutteringsolutionsatl SPEAK UP IN 2025! Your voice matters.

In the last 33 years of being an SLP I have lost track of how many people say "my stuttering is a burden!" It may be worded as "I will hold up the meeting" or "the partners in my presentation will resent my stuttering" or "the waiter is busy and I have to speak fast or he'll be upset." Because I integrate CBT into therapy, I help people find these cognit...

A fresh twist to my podcasts! Bhav Jain, a Stanford Medical student, interviews me. After listening to my podcasts, Bhav sent me an email with several questions intended to help him with his stuttering. Stuttering is a complex challenge and Bhav seeks the same insight as most adults who stutter do. Listen as he reads the questions to me. To see high quality video demonstration, check out https://s...

The Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP), started in 1962 by Dorv Breitenfeldt, PhD and Dee Lorenz, is powerful and relevant in today's stuttering therapy! Tim Mackesey, Joe Klein, Kim Krieger, Tom Gurrister, and Robbie Jackson are all SLPs who participated in this discussion recognizing Dorv Breitenfeldt's contributions to training clinicians and helping pws. I encourage gradua...

If you stutter, you know that talking is like a road with speed humps. In your car, you approach speed humps be slowing down and easing over the hump. You'd never back up, right? When talking you will feel a stutter coming, maintain eye contact, slow down, loosen your speech muscles and ease the word out. Emotionally, you will hit humps of frustration or embarrassment. Investigate to find out...

For 32+ years I have seen pws stutter on the word stutter and tell me they fear the word! I used to stutter on the word stutter nearly 100% of the time. The bottom line is that we attach a strong negative meaning to stuttering on stutter- shame and embarrassment. Many people who stutter refer to it as "my speech" or a "speech impediment." Ironically, "speech" is a dif...

Tomorrow, next week, or 60 days from now how will I know to fear or avoid very specific words, sounds, or situations? Did I download an App to my brain that controls me? Experiences on my timeline create these fears and avoidance habits. Pschologists talk about "one trial learning" when a phobia is created. We who stutter can create a fear of stuttering and then this "App" runs...

I hear from people who stutter on a regular basis that it is hard to talk in noisy environments. Speaking when there is ambient noise, with multiple listeners competing to be heard, or "chaotic" moments was hard for me. I get it. We have to examine what we are thinking and feeling in those moments. We can have what Joe Sheehan called the "approach/avoidance conflict." We also w...

Tyler is a college senior who is earning a degree in psychology and a minor in Spanish. Listen and you will hear his speech pattern two years ago. He stuttered and cluttered 24 months ago. He has enjoyed his new speech pattern for 6 months now. Tyler will explain what he learned to make both English and Spanish so much more fluid. Tyler plans to get a master's degree and serve our community in...

This powerful quote is attributed to Sufism and it's philospophy of spiritual awakening. Stuttering is not an external thing that we are a victim to. Listen to explore how a pws can "peel the layers back" and investigate their stuttering. How can we breakthrough the grind of avoiding and anxety? How can I grow and improve my verbal skills and my confidence?

"When the ojective is clear enough, there is no obstacle" ~Earl Nightingale I met Dylan when he was a sophomore in college- at age 20. Listen to his story. Like myself, it was very hard stuttering as a child. Now, as a senior VP for a fantasy sports gaming company he has to speak in meetings and webinars every wek. His fear is gone and now he finds enjoyment in public speaking!

Like learning to play an instrument, golf has MANY similarities to stuttering. We need patience, self-forgiveness, to be free of a temper, and to not personalize bad shots or high scores. Golf has subtleties like wind, sand, deep rough, penalty strokes, hazards, and other twists and turns. Ambient noise, phone calls, checking in at a counter and saying our name, public speaking and other condition...

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I have heard "when I don't think about talking I don't stutter" a million times. If only it was that easy! Can I be hypnotized today and never think about talking or stuttering? Nope. When athletes think "don't miss it!!" they do miss it. Sometimes they are "in the zone" and making 3 point shots or clutch putts in golf. What the person who stutters wants t...

People who stutter often have "internal rules." An example that pertains to voicemail on a phone would be: "I can't leave a stutter on someone's voicemail!" Or, "my personal greeting cannot have a stutter!" Another, "during an interview I cannot have blocks!...if I do, I won't be hired...little stutters are OK but not blocks!" A rule book for stu...

An adolescent who was unable to say his name without dramatic blocking and who was being teased on a regular basis attended a stuttering day camp. When he asked for help with his name- the #1 reason he attended the camp- he was told "we don't do that here." When a SLP will not help child with his name because of paradigm paralysis the child suffers. Listen to this common sense messag...

Managing a stuttter, being willing to disclose that you stutter, and coming out of your shell all take patience! Many of us tried to hide it for years. Lee Reeves, DVM is a retired veterinarian and he has been active in the stuttering community for decades. Lee and Tim examine the power of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau's famous quote "Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet." I also me...

How many times have you feared the very worst about stuttering and the worst never happened? So many pws stuttered during interivews, they felt sure an offer would not come because of the stuttering and POOF the offer came! A pws can worry in the past tense and in the future tense. This is why stuttering has been compared to PTSD. BUT we must realize that we typically blow our stuttering out of pr...

I will not disclose my stutter! I will not use self-deprocating humore about my stutter! I will not use my new "stutter more easily" technique such as a pull-out with people who have seen me stutter for years! I will not tell anyone that I have joined a stuttering support group or that I attend speech therapy! The self-sabotaging beliefs, that originate in projecting on our listeners, ke...

We have all experienced painful moments of stuttering during which we formed rigid beliefs. Rigid beliefs are the ones that we think are gospel, no one can talk us out of being under the spell of the belief we have, and we rationalize these toxic thoughts. What is a belief? L Michael Hall, of Neurosemantics, taught me that a belief = words + affirmation. An example would be "As a speech patho...