Stammering And Stuttering Therapy Treatments That Work
Hi Dad, have you time for a quick chat? Yes son, of course. Are you OK? Yes but I am in need of your help. Why? What is wrong? Well you know this speech therapy that I have been attending over the last few years? Yes. Well it is not working as you can no doubt hear from the way that I am struggling to speak to you. I really need to find a stuttering therapy that works. I know it will not be easy but will you help me to locate one? Yes, of course I will.
The above is a conversation that I had with my father when I was aged about sixteen. By this stage I had had the stutter for twelve years and had regulary attended speech therapy throughout this period. For whatever reason it was just not working for me, in fact the speech impediment seemed to be getting even more severe.
My parents have always been a great support for me and have been there every step of the way. Despite this the stutter continued to haunt my life until I was aged twenty-two. It was at this age when I decided to go it alone, I was going to attempt to find my own personal cure for stuttering.
I was not exactly alone however as my friends, family and girlfriend all vowed to help me as much as they possibly could. This support was a major reason for the success that I did eventually attain.
I worked very hard to formulate a set of stuttering therapy techniques that worked. I then had to work just as hard to enable these techniques to become a natural part of my speech. All in all it took me eleven months to overcome my stutter, it was certainly time well spent.
All of this was back in 1995 and fortunately the treatments for stuttering have improved since then. Nowadays people are able to attend a speech course or, if they prefer, are able to go through a home based stuttering treatment program.
With the invent of the internet not only has the world seemingly become a lot smaller, people are also able to search for and locate stuttering therapies that work.
