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One thing you’ve probably noticed when you stutter is the fear associated with doing so, which has led you to seek out ways of overcoming the fear of stuttering. For example, this fear could be linked to saying certain words, or it could be connected with speaking to particular people. Another way of looking at…

If you’re a person who stutters or stammers, a key thing to recognise is that events that happen to you, which involve stuttering, either in the outside world, or thoughts you have in your mind do not cause you to have unhelpful emotions such as anxiety. It is your interpretations and meanings you have given…

If you’re a person who stutters, or stammers then you may have noticed one thing – a link between anxiety and stuttering, i.e. before you actually stutter, you feel anxious about the prospect of speaking. This article contains an adaptation of the famous Swish Pattern from the field of NLP, which you can use to…

If you’re looking for NLP techniques for stuttering, or stammering, in this article, I’m going to share 5 techniques which you can start using today. The NLP techniques for stuttering are geared to helping you challenge unhelpful beliefs you may have about stuttering. Each technique uses an example scenario of a person who stutters and…

If you’re a person who stutters, or stammers (PWS) and are looking for ways to help yourself to overcome challenges around speaking, you may have come across Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as a form of therapy. There are a number of great articles and resources about NLP and stuttering on the Internet. In this article, I’ve…