Stuttering Solutions Atlanta

A healthy sense of humor is like medicine for stuttering- it can help take the pain and anxiety away.    People who stutter (pws) can spend a life time attempting to conceal their stuttering. Why? Teasing and bullying is real problem for ps.  Pws believe they will be judged for stuttering. Rob Bloom, of Orlando Florida, joins Tim in this podcast. We reflect back and we wish we...

The Miracle Question Pattern (MQP) helps a person who stutters (PWS) make goals that are within reach.  After a clinician interviews the pws, the clinician may lead the MQP process.  Many pws can independently do this pattern after listening to this podcast.  The MQP was created in the 1970's by Steve De Shazar and Insoo Kim Berg.  Solution Focused Brief Therapy evolved out of...

People who stutter (pws) often have very specific feared words and sounds.  Pws can go to great lengths to avoid and/or develop tricks and crutches intended to conceal stuttering.  Ordering Teriyaki chicken was one of my phobias.  

I was just interviewed on CBS 46 in Atlanta.  People who stutter are having some real heart wrenching experiences in public and at school.  When their mouths are hidden, people are impatient and may humiliate them.   https://www.cbs46.com/news/clear-masks-a-game-changer-for-kids-with-speech-impediments/article_c2a885b2-120c-11ec-bf77-c75248d987af.html?block_id=1107653 Purchase at be...

Tricia Troester is a pws and has three children who stutter.  Tim and Tricia discuss 12 essential points to consider when educating teachers and setting up your child to succeed.  Tim and Tricia each had immense difficulties with stuttering as children in the school setting. Children deserve a safe learning environment with no bullying.  Specific strategies and ideas to support chil...

Neuropsychology  is a branch of psychology that is concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology often focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.   In five months, Andrew has largely eliminated anxiety and avoidance relat...

Josh DeMuth has 14 years in IT.  He is a cloud solutions architect for a major web service provider. The covid pandemic resulted in a sudden shift to virtual seminars.  If you stutter, you know that was hard. Josh is a "tier 2 qualified speaker" for webinars.  Listen as he tells you how he prepares and executes his webinars. Josh is also a Toastmasters veteran and recently chartered...

Mallery is an SLP.  Michael is a construction supervisor and a real estate investor.  Once they started dating Mallery learned the extent of Michael's stuttering. Stuttering was very difficult for him every day. He was avoiding and asking to be enabled. How can Mallery be a partner and an SLP at one time? She is not his therapist but wanted to help anyway she could. It was uncharted terr...

What are beliefs?  How do irrational beliefs lead to anxiety, avoidance, eye contact aversion, and other challenges for pws?  How can we change beliefs?

Bethany Anne Lind is an acclaimed actress who makes her home here in Georgia.  I had the pleasure of teaching her to stutter for the award-winning play Carapace - at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta.  In addition to an extensive live theater portfolio, she has had roles in Ozark, The Walking Dead, The Stranger Things .  Streaming now is her movie Blood on Her Name .  We dis...

Michael Coats is a 48 year old financial consultant.  He began to dive into his life long stutter in late 2016.  We worked together using CBT and best practices in speech pathology.  Michael joined Toastmaster in 2017.  He has entered and won a speech contest!  Whether meeting with clients and team members in person or virtually, he has a game plan for talking. Listening t...

Jewish children typically celebrate a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah between age 12 and 13.  They speak in English and in Hebrew in the ceremony.  This special event requires 1-2 years of preparation in most cases. For children who stutter, this event can lead to anxiety.  Uri Schneider wisely frames this lifecycle event as an opportunity for parents to form an alliance with their child...

This podcast is dedicated to Dean Williams, PhD and John Harrison. In 1990, I asked Dr. Williams, "What is the secret to stop stuttering?" and he simply replied, "I'd want to know what I do when I stutter."  I was taken back when that was all he said.  He planted a seed for me to germinate.  John helped me learn the inner thinking patterns during stuttering.  John's book has a...

Tricia is a devoted parent of three boys.  In addition to stuttering, her boys all have different varieties of autism.  Tricia shares invaluable insight into parenting children with learning differences and stuttering.  She is a big proponent of early support and early intervention.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is well known to help pws.  Mindfulness and meditation are universally embraced as being helpful with stress and anxiety.  Listen as we explore how the acronym RAIN and the 5 Hindrances  give insight into anxiety in stuttering.  Rae offers helpful tips to become curious and investigate our thoughts and feelings.  Rae Houseman works f...

Since its release in 2017, When I Stutter has been screened at 13 festivals and it has won seven film awards.  John Gomez was asked to watch My Octopus Teacher , on Netflix, to see if his movie on stuttering had parallels to Craig Foster's movie.  While travelling for movie screenings, John has met thousands of people who stutter in several countries.  Learn what pws have...

Derek Mitchell, MBA is an IT professional in Atlanta, Georgia.  He is a local chapter leader for the NSA and active in Toastmasters.  After watching My Octopus Teacher on Netflix, Derek goes deep into the ocean of stuttering.  He has replaced shame and avoidance with courage and advocacy for pws.

This podcast is dedicated to the award-winning documentary, My Octopus Teacher .  Free diver, Craig Foster, meets and befriends an octopus while navigating the cold and dangerous waters off Cape Town, South Africa.  The octopus serves as a shaman of sorts for Craig.  People who stutter (pws) can benefit from opening an inner dialogue about stuttering.  The octopus is an expert...

After several attempts at previous speech therapy for stuttering, Evan and his parents needed a better approach- a holistic one.  Listen to a sample of his blocking on day one and then his speech on day three.  Integrating CBT and best practices from traditional therapy, Evan is already on his way to strong verbal skills.  You will quickly determine that he really integrated ke...

Verbal communication is a big part of Rob's career.  Listen to how Joe Biden's stuttering story inspired Rob. More on Rob Bloom @ http://cargocollective.com/robbloom   or LinkedIn search. You can find his article here:  https://www.kveller.com/as-someone-with-a-stutter-joe-bidens-victory-means-so-much-to-me/

This podcast will help you begin to uncover and change negative thoughts and beliefs about stuttering that lead us to avoid talking and feel anxiety. David Burns, MD wrote his classic in 1989.  It will never be outdated. With the pandemic going on, pws have extra stress and worry.  Understanding the Top 10 will help you on your journey to greater comfort talking.

If you stutter, it requires extraordinary patience to talk and to cope with the roller coaster of emotions often connected to stuttering.   We have to recover from hardships related to stuttering, remain resilient, deal with impatient listeners, and face a non-stuttering world. If you love someone who stutters, listen and show the patience you know they appreciate. Listen...

Sean Khan's story is a modern story for kids, teachers, and parents to hear. Sean, a 23 year-old senior financial analyst with a Fortune 500 company, endured teasing and cyber teasing as a child. Sean speaks English and Urdu. He overcame immense adversity to hit milestones such as speaking at his HS graduation, speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta to honor MLK in front of 1,200 people an...

Dr. Lee Reeves is an icon in the stuttering community. He is one of my role models.  Lee has navigated stuttering in a fashion that I have admired- and I still do.  Lee gives back to the stuttering community in many ways.  He has been involved in the NSA for decades.  Lee works on committees for ASHA.  He has sage advice for pws, parents, and clinicians.  Enjoy his wi...

It is widely known that people who stutter develop anxiety and fear related to their stuttering. Many are afraid even to introduce themselves.  How does this develop in children?  What should parents know?  What is good speech therapy to deal with fear and anxiety?   We must learn to speak for ourselves for the rest of our life.  Listen in.