Stuttering
Stuttering: Many people who stutter know what they want to say, but have trouble with how they say words. They may repeat or get stuck on certain sounds, and may experience anxiety in stressful speaking situations.
Cluttering: Cluttering and stuttering are separate conditions that can overlap. Cluttering involves speech that sounds rapid, unclear, and disorganized. People who experience cluttering are usually unaware that others have difficulty understanding them.
Here is helpful way to differentiate the two: a person who clutters may sound like their language is disorganized and they’re not sure what they want to say, while a person who stutters typically knows exactly what they want to say, but is temporarily unable to say it.
Stuttering Therapy
Stuttering can usually be resolved very successfully in the preschool years with some therapy plus parent coaching. For older clients I use two different approaches, one for ages 5-13, and another one for ages 14 to adult. Please contact me if you’d like to find out more about my therapy methods for fluency.
The Stuttering Foundation of America is also an outstanding online resource, with great online videos.
Cluttering Therapy
I help clients organize their language and recognize their disfluencies, combined with stuttering therapy when needed.
