Hola otra vez Nacho. Me alegro que nos hayas encontrado y que te haya inspirado a seguir mis pasos y los de otros muchos. Yo era un caso muy severo, por lo que si yo he podido, no me cabe duda de que tú también puedes consguirlo.
Como te comenté en el anterior mensaje, cualquier cosa, éste es mi email: [email protected]
Un saludo!

Hello! That is a very good question.
If you pronounce very clearly every word and every syllable, you will see that you won’t be able to speak fast, and this helps us with our fluency and also elevates our speech.

Having said this, extreme pronunciation doesn’t mean stretching words or sounds, it just means exaggerating the pronunciation, that’s all. Stutterers tend to speak very fast, especially when under pressure, as they will want to say what they want to say as soon as possible, but this strategy makes our speech even worse.

I highly recommend you to watch some of Prathusha’s coaching sessions, as she’s extremely good at using this Crutch: in our Video Library (go to “Resources” -> “Video Library”, and in the search bar you’ll find several filters. One category is “Coach”. Choose “Prathusha” and in “Crutches”, choose “9”. It is easier to see how it is done than to explain it here.

Just remember that our Crutches help us avoid appearing speech disabled and at the same time not speak in a robotic or unnatural way.

I hope this helps 🙂

Hi Anomitro. My name is Javier, and I am a PWSS and one of WSSA’s Certified Stuttering Therapists. First of all, welcome to our community!
Relapses happen when you have not completed the entire program, with all its phases:
1) Become a PWSS (4 weeks without bad incidents).
2) Eliminate the residual stuttering fears and speech anxiety.
3) Learn to love to speak everywhere.
4) Adopt a mind training regime to improve/change other aspects of yourself that are not related to your speech and thus consider stuttering a blessing in your life.

So maybe you completed the first stage and started working on the next one, and then stopped when you reached a level of comfort in regards to your speech, but you did not finish the program. So the residual fears started to grow again, until you eventually had a relapse.

The good news is that you defeated stuttering once. You can do it again. You know how to do it. And this time it should be easier.

Start again doing at least 2 daily mind training treatments, reading aloud and mastering the Crutches and your Emergency Speech Plan. Come to our weekly SAM Meetings and Daily Practice sessions. You can do it!

Hi Karim,
thanks for the information.
We have something that we believe is much more helpful: our Group Practice Sessions and our weekly SAM Meetings.

As a member of WSSA, you can join as many of these meetings as you want.

The Group Practice Sessions are precisely that: in small groups (usually not more than 8 people) of PWS and PWSS you talk to each other, practice Speech Plans and Crutches, you learn from how others use the, you help each other…. Many of my students say that these meetings have been one of the things that have helped them the most.
The link and schedule of these meetings is in “Resources” -> “Daily Practice Sessions”.

The SAM Meetings are larger meetings (on average there are around 25-30 attendees including coaches, PWS and PWSS). Some of our SAM Meetings are open discussions, where anyone can ask questions, and we discuss about them (we usually have these open discussions on the first Saturday of every month).
In other SAM Meetings we have a main speaker, who is a PWSS and talks about how they stopped stuttering and their speech journey. After that, everybody is invited to make comments and questions. Finally, in other SAM Meetings, one of the coaches talks about a specific topic related with stuttering and speech.
So, as you can see, in the SAM Meetings you can meet Lee Lovett and the rest of the coaches, you can meet othe PWSS and PWS, ask questions, or simply attend as a mere listener. In any case, here you’ll learn the latest updates on our Neuroscience Method to Stop Stuttering.
To join these meetings you need to click on “Resources” -> “Speech Club Hangout & Therapy”. You can watch the recordings of our past SAM Meetings in the “Videolibrary”, and then, in the filters on the left, chose “Speech Club”.

Finally, we also have a whatsapp group that members can join. The link to join is in “Resources” -> “Daily Practice Sessions”.

I hope you find this helpful!

My best advice, due to the time difference, would be to watch recordings of the SAM Meetings and coaching sessions. There are many where we drill Crutches and Speech Plans, so they should be very helpful.
The best way to master the Crutches is practice, practice, and more practice. Practice them when you read aloud, use them when speaking in low-pressure situations too, even if you don’t need them.
And, of course, if you need extra help, you can always purchase coaching sessions.
I’ve coached people from Australia before, so my morning time is your evening time, so we can make that work if needed.

Hello! First of all, welcome to WSSA.
You can find all the details if you:

1) Login WSSA with your username and password.
2) Click on “Resources” and then click on “Speech Club Hangout & Therapy”, or simply use this link: https://www.worldstopstuttering.org/online-speech-club-for-stutterers/.
3) Once there, click on “Join Zoom Meeting”. You’ll be directed to the bottom of that page, where you’ll find the Zoom details to join the meeting. If, again, you click on the “Join Zoom Meeting” located at the bottom of the page, you’ll join the Zoom meeting.

If you need any further assistance, feel free to email me to: [email protected].

Best regards,

Javier

Hello Alex! Welcome to WSSA! I’m Javier, I’m from Spain and I am one of the WSSA’s Certified Speech Coaches.
We look forward to seeing you at the daily practice sessions and our weekly Speech club meetings!
Keep us posted with your progress.
Have a great day!

Hi again Brianna. Could you email us again the questionnaire. My team say that they haven’t received it. Please email it to:
[email protected] and to [email protected].

Many thanks!

• This reply was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Javier.