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"Whatever
the source of stuttering is, it is not amenable to the treatments
I have developed. I therefore refuse to attempt to deal with it further"...
Sigmund Freud Therapists and MD's have been scratching their heads for years, experimenting with shock therapy, rewards and punishment programs, hypnosis, stress management, cutting nerve endings in the throat, even the injection of paralyzing botulism into the vocal cords as a semi-functional remedy. Speech therapists focus on hesitations, repetitions of words, sounds, syllables and prolongations. Pathologists conceptualize stuttering as a lack of coordination between the respiratory, vocal cord, and articulatory mechanisms. |
Suttering didn't stop them. Don't let it to stop you!
What do these powerful people share in common? Stuttering. They have all struggled with it, faced it, are managing it, or overcome it. You can too.. Call 512.554.8771 or Request a Complimentary Consultation.
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James Earl Jones — Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television, and movie star, is well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars: "I'm still a stutterer, as you might notice as you listen to me. And it was poetry that sort of restored my power of speech. It started when I was about 5 years old. Except for talking to the horses and the animals on the farm and saying basic words to my family, I didn't talk at all..and I didn't deal with it until I was in high school." |
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Carly
Simon — She has an Oscar, two Grammys, a Golden Globe, as
well as several hit records. She was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 1994: "In retrospect, my stammering was an
opportunity... (Stutterers) can't stammer when they sing. "There's
something about the mind connecting differently to the vocal cords
when you apply either rhythm or melody. I still can't read aloud". |
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Nicholas
Brendon - As "Xander" in the popular TV series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The more anxious and embarrassed I became,
the worse it got," notes Brendon. "Of course, the snowball
effect of fear and failure soon took over and soon my life became
a living hell. I couldn't help feeling people thought I was a moron,
and my self-imposed insecurity constantly bedeviled me. I learned
special exercises, and every day I still have to remind myself to
slow down and concentrate. Constant repetition of tongue-twisters
was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have
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Bruce Willis - Motion Picture Superstar: "I had a horrible stutter from the time I was 9 until I was about 17. I don't know if I was shy -- I mean, I had friends, I was elected student-council president. So I was popular in that sense, but inside I was really shook up by the fact that I couldn't get rid of this stutter. And then a miraculous thing happened when I was in high school. I was acting in a production of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. When I got onstage, I stopped stuttering." |
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with conventional methods? Are you tired of stuttering? Of course you are. Did you get the fluency you were seeking? No, you didn't. Perhaps you are quite skeptical and frustrated. I understand your frustration. Would you like to end your struggle with fluency and finally be able to express yourself with ease, confidence and control? Of course you would. Working with Guy Monroe, The Expression Coach, you will discover and understand the causes of stutter and how to overcome them. The human voice is like a musical instrument. In order to play a musical instrument, we must understand how it works and how to coordinate the various elements to make a proper sound. In order to understand stutter, we must become open to the possibility that the stutter grows just like a bad habit, over time. The stutterer does not understand that vocal cord resonance is generated in the sinuses through abdominal pressurization into the sinuses, but chooses to add muscle tension at the throat in attempt to remedy the situation. This choice will only make matters worse. The stutter is adding tension in the wrong place and over time the habit is habitualized. If we add consonant emphasis to the mix, which is common, we are adding additional vocal restrictions making the stuttering worse. The habit becomes utterly habitualized and the stutterer forgets that they are actually manufacturing stutter in attempts to end it. Stuttering ranges in intensity based upon the amount of tension the individual technique. These bad techniques are called compensations. Since no one taught us how to play the musical instrument called your voice, we assume that this is a neurological issue. It is not. It is merely a habitually embodied compensation which must be trained out of the individual. My techniques are based upon human physiological law. If you train with me you will end your stuttering by replacing bad habits with good ones. Come to our studio and stop stammer and stuttering in Austin, Texas |
Transcending Stuttering by Phil Schneider.
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Guy
Monroe is available for public speaking engagements, corporate and private
training.
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