Stuttering Solutions Atlanta

Tyler Lane is a 24 tax auditor. I met him when he was in 4th grade. Listen to his story of transforming his speech and unleashing his courage. He walks the walk.

"The Best way out is always through!" Robert Frost How does that apply to stuttering? "You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore!" William Faulkner How does that apply stuttering? "A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for" John A Shedd You are built to speak, and socialize, and thrive.

PWS feel a stutter coming in their soma (throat, chest, or stomach). This is related to anxiety about stuttering. This fact explains how pws develop very specific word fears and they are often overwhelmed in the moment. Most speech therapy techniques are focused on once the stutter is up in the lips, tongue, or the voice. We can do better! What if you can "block the block?" CBT reduces a...

If you stutter, these questions will help you get the leverage needed to summon up courage and purpose! If you help teens or adults who stutter, these questions will help them immensly. Mathematician Rene Descartes created this type of questioning in the early 1600's. Identify a fear you have about stuttering and run it through these questions. Also, think of something that you DID DO in the p...

The notion of "controlling a stutter" has become somewhat controversial. It requires a deep dive now. We have to define the concept in order to eliminate the 'black and white' thinking that exists for some in the stuttering community. Who gets to tell a person who stutters or a troubled parent what is to be "controlled" or "not controlled?" Have you ever stutt...

Many people who stutter spend the week trying to hide and conceal their stutter. The refusal to accept, disclose, and evolve creates anxiety and avoidance habits. Acceptance is defined as "the quality or state of being accepted." We who stutter often project on our listeners and we imagine a lack of acceptance because we stutter. As Sufi once said, "The journey begins within and it...

Joseph is a rising junior at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. He is studying economics. That was my undergraduate degree; ironically :) Joseph is rapidly reducing the severity of his stuttering. More importantly, he is taking on MANY sepaking challenges that are remarkable. He is VP of the table tennis club on campus. He parlayed all of his new courage to interview for and be sele...

Tim and Grace talk about her fast paced job and the constant speaking demands in her role with the KC Royals. We learn Grace's back story and what she faced to get there. I have known Grace since she was 15 years old and stuttering will never stop her from a vision she has. She reminds me of Susan Jeffers book "Feel the Fear and do it Anyways." "Courage is not the absence of fea...

Many people who stutter are often baffled by and frustrated when the strategies, techniques, or "targets" don't seem to work when they want them the most! What are your strategies? Which ones are helpful and which ones are actually part of the problem? How does anxiety affect you and make it seem impossible to use your strategies? Why are "techniques" only part of your solu...

As we begin to stutter we typically develop a myriad of avoidance tricks and unique physical symptoms of struggle. If you attend a stuttering conference, you will see a wide array of stuttering behaviors. Word changing, looking away while stuttering, taking phone calls in privacy, and inserting chronic fillers during stuttering (i.e., like, um, so) are some of the many aspects of stuttering that a...

Noel and Tim reunite 20 years after speech therapy. Noel explains where he was when we met, the therapy we did together, and his success today! Using metaphors and analogies from computing we break it all down. People who stutter have malware (negative thoughts) that populate instantly and trigger anxiety. What if you had an anti-virus program to remove toxic memories, to reduce anxiety, and thriv...

People who stutter (PWS) develop fear and avoidance habits.  Unless we know how to help a pws with reducing fear and anxiety, we are not providing holistic therapy.  An embarrassing moment of stuttering or avoiding talking is "stored to the hard drive"-  it is consolidated, and it can be reconsolidated later.   You can actually feel an old memory in your soma! As Starkweat...

For a long time, bilingual families were told to discard their native language and to only use English.  Many practitioners and clinicians force English on their clients and patients during appointments.  Ana Paula G. Souza Mumy and John Gomez join Tim for an interview.  Ana Paula's research was recently published and a link to the article will be seen at the bottom of this paragrap...

Listen as Jeff tells you about his milestones that led to a highly successful career in sales.  In retirement, Jeff is a non-stop volunteer and a minister to those in need.  Jeff describes his several attempts at speech therapy before we met and he found what was missing: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).  Strategies from NLP and time-line therapy were essential in reducing his an...

Yesterday I explained the consequences of negative watershed moments that lead to anxiety and fear.  A watershed moment is a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation .  A pws can have victories that are positive watershed moments.  Examples are:  rewarding moments of public speaking, beginning to disclose that you stutter, learning...

A watershed moment is a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation . A watershed moment in stuttering is a dividing point where the stuttering and the impact it has on the pws takes a turn for the worse.  Notice the title is "how?" and not "why?"   The question "how?" is more productive and solution oriented, isn't it.  When a pws att...

The mind can operate like a cinema or a movie and create wild images that portray the fear of stuttering. People who stutter (pws) can create very vivid and specific "movies" about their stuttering.  Pws also remember past moments of stuttering with negative thoughts linked to them. This podcast explains the Cinema of the Mind, how it manifests anxiety, and it offers ideas that can help a pws...

Is my child really stuttering?  Preschool presents a special time window that offers the greatest opportunity to resolve stuttering. Many parents hear conflicting advice from physicians, clinicians, and teachers regarding stuttering.  Generalizations (i.e., "all kids do that") can be innacurate and can deter parents from seeking a consultation from a certifed stuttering specialist. &nbsp...

Many recent news interviews and articles have made a matter of fact declaration that "stuttering is not caused by trauma."  It's true that young preschool children do not begin to stutter because of trauma.  Stuttering is best classified as a neurological disorder.  Now let's look at the role that traumatic experiences play in the complex communication disorder called stuttering- or...

Yes, I said that you can be a CHAMPION in stuttering.  Listen for my 10 point plan to help unleash your speech and your confidence.

What is L2?  Look and let it out!  People who stutter tend to look away and to compensate for stuttering from a place of fear or embarrassment.  A snap shot of a moment of stuttering may be a pws introducing himself and following these steps: 1) look away, 2) inhale, 3) begin to stutter, 4) back up and insert several "uhs and ums," 5) retry the word and stutter through it.  To...

Jason and Tim catch up 20 years and one month after our last session.  At age 25 he was an engineer doing desk work.   His old anxiety was holding him back.  Now he has 20 years of constant talking, phone calling, internet chats, seminar talks, managing, and team building under his belt. He travels internationally and get to speak to people of all cultures.  That could be...

Many of you know John's name from his book Redefining Stuttering: What the Struggle to Speak is Really About .  He also authored the famous Stuttering Hexagon diagram and article. John explains why he prefers the concept of "Holding Back" over stuttering.  He was one of the original 15 people who participated in the National Stuttering Project- now known as the National Stuttering Associ...

Ian Trimble is a cyber security expert.  He speaks all day long.  He is a trainer and a consultant.  Ian's childhood included teasing, bullying, and avoidance.  He had a life time of speech therapy before we met when he was in his early 20's.  Ian explains how cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) via NLP and Neurosemantics provided him the life-changing breakthrough he sough...

Children who stutter are often teased and bullied.  This leads to a social anxiety, avoiding, and the fear of talking.  Social anxiety starting in childhood can persist into adulthood. This podcast explains the psychological impact of teasing and how parents and teachers can support the child who stutters.  This is really important!