Stammering Therapy for Adults
Group therapy classes to help you manage your stammer.
Our approach
Our stammering therapy clients enrol as students who engage in a process of learning. We believe that this encourages an active approach to change which is essential to successful stammering therapy. Also, working in education means that we are able to offer group work, and for most people who stammer we see this as a positive choice.
By the end of your course our aims are for you to:
- use strategies to manage your stammering more easily
- reduce the tension that accompanies stuttering
- have a clear understanding of stammering and its causes
- have identified your own particular pattern of stammering
- have identified and worked on reducing unhelpful thoughts, feelings and avoidance strategies
- say what you want
- speak up in situations you may previously have avoided
- feel more comfortable in yourself and your speech
- be a more confident and assertive communicator
Read testimonials from previous City Lit Speech Therapy students.
- Embodied voice for people who stammerCourse start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesThis course will provide you with skills to become knowledgeable about your own voice as an instrument. Through the work introduced you will gain insights into how you currently use and relate to your voice. The course will facilitate you to identify what you like about your voice and provide a safe place to play with possibilities. Getting to know your voice will be a creative process realised through engaging in experiential voice work.
Designed specifically for people who stammer/stutter. This course places no interest or importance on fluency. Instead, this course will introduce concepts and practical opportunities to cultivate skills to experience speaking in flow.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £34.00 Concession £10.00 - Stage 1 stammering therapyCourse start date: Tue 20 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amy StewartLearn strategies to help you speak more easily. You'll also work on becoming less sensitive about stammering, reducing avoidance strategies and developing self confidence. Designed specifically for people who stammer /stutter.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £181.00 Concession £52.00 - Interiorised stammering therapyCourse start date: Wed 21 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Suzanna CooperIf you often manage to conceal your stammering (also known as stuttering), this course will help you to understand your particular type of stammering, reduce negative feelings, learn strategies to speak more easily and develop self confidence.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £181.00 Concession £52.00 - Embodied voice for people who (consistently or sometimes) speak too fastCourse start date: Thu 5 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-JonesThis course will most benefit students who experience cluttering. Some features of cluttering are:
• Speaking quickly, often with rapid bursts of speech
• Some words being unclear or mis-pronounced
• Difficulties in explaining and conveying sequences of information
• Difficulties in being understood by the listener
Cluttering can be present as the only communication challenge or alongside stammering, dyslexia and/or ADHD (formal diagnosis is not required).
This course will provide you with skills to become more aware and knowledgeable of your voice and speech. The course will also explore ways to develop effective listening and communication strategies.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - Refresher workshop for people who stammerCourse start date: Fri 6 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Vivien Grant-JonesFeeling a bit rusty when it comes to working on your stammering? If you have already completed some therapy either at City Lit or elsewhere, this workshop offers you the ideal opportunity to revise what you’ve learnt so far, practise your speech techniques and to become more open about, and desensitised to, stammering.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £48.00 Concession £14.00 - Public speaking for people who stammerCourse start date: Fri 27 Feb 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vivien Grant-Jones, Anita McKiernanPresenting information clearly and effectively is vital to getting your message or opinion across. This two-day workshop is about developing key presentation skills and confidence when speaking to a group of people, whether it’s giving a formal or impromptu presentation, contributing to a meeting or taking part in a discussion.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £16.00 - Open Stammering - Mindful Drawing
Course start date: Wed 18 Mar 2026Location on this date: Online
This course brings together adults who stammer to participate in an online Mindful Drawing event.
City Lit fosters a stammer affirming environment where stammering is welcomed in all its forms. We recognise the experience of stammering is individual. Our Open Stammering events are an opportunity to build connections and gain support in the stammering community through creative, collaborative endeavours.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £27.00 Concession £8.00 - ACT for people who stammer Course start date: Thu 30 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman, Rachel EverardThis is a powerful approach to therapy. You'll learn to work more effectively with negative thoughts and feelings through acceptance and mindfulness work. You'll also learn how to identify, and move towards, valued goals and directions in your life.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £90.00 Concession £26.00 - Refresh revise stammering therapy Course start date: Tue 2 Jun 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
In a supportive group you will work on desensitisation and practise your stammering management strategies. Become more confident by learning how to problem solve and extend your comfort zone.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £20.00 - Acting workshop for people who stammer Course start date: Sat 27 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyA fun one-day intensive encounter with the acting process. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment with other people who stammer.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £48.00 Concession £14.00 - Self-compassion for people who stammerCourse start date: Tue 11 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Carolyn Cheasman.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £62.00 Concession £18.00
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