Learn 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.
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What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
1. Identify at least 3 overt and 3 covert stammering features in yourself 2. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours within the group 3. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours outside of the group 4. Speak in a previously identified challenging situation outside of the group 5. Reduce your stammering behaviour within the group. 6. Reduce your stammering behaviour outside of the group in a number of situations.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
There is a large component of practical work. Visual aids including video and handouts are used. Work will be undertaken both in the whole group and smaller sub-groups using a wide variety of communication activities. You are encouraged to extend therapy into working on your speech outside and to take an increasing level of responsibility for your learning.
Vivien has been a part-time tutor for City Lit since 2009. In 2023 she gained the opportunity to be a Co-ordinating Tutor at City Lit. Vivien does not stammer herself but does experience cluttering (as part of her dyslexia). She has had a varied, diverse and creative career so far, the central thread being a personal and passionate pursuit to understand our individual and cultural relationship with fluency. She has found the combination of City Lit’s environment (students attending adult education), City Lit’s approach and the group therapy setting a unique and ideal path for students to progress with their speech and wider life goals. Vivien also trained as a voice teacher (Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, 2005). She has taught voice at East 15 Acting School, Italia Conti, London School of Dramatic Art (LSDA) and she is currently the voice tutor for Buckinghamshire New University’s BA (Hons) Acting Programme. In 2010 Vivien studied writing and directing at RADA (MA Text & Performance) which has supported both her professional and personal creative endeavours considerably.
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https://www.citylit.ac.uk/stage-1-stammering-therapy148417Stage 1 stammering therapyhttps://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/category/Interiorised-stammering-XS302-1024.jpg279279GBPInStock/Courses/Courses/Specialist learning/Courses/Specialist learning/Speech therapy/Courses/Specialist learning/Speech therapy/Speech therapy for people who stammer22851375139714001228513751397<p>Learn 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.</p> This course combines work on becoming less sensitive about stammering, reducing avoidance behaviours related to stammering, learning strategies to manage moments of stammering more easily, and cognitive therapy (working on negative thoughts). It will provide you with the opportunity to explore your feelings and attitudes towards stammering as well as concentrated speech work.001186780Stage 1 stammering therapy259259https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/category/Interiorised-stammering-XS302-1024.jpgInStockEveningTueOnlineNo longer available11 weeks or longerWeekday2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00BeginnersFeb 2026Specialist learningXS304259259Stage 1 stammering therapy18152259Amy Stewartstage-1-stammering-therapy/xs304-2526Learn 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.0020-Started|2026-02-03 00:00:00Stammering, also known as stuttering, is not just about the physical aspects (such as repeating sounds or words, blocking on a word or stretching out a sound). It’s also about how you think and feel about stammering and the impact stammering has on your everyday life. On this course you’ll learn more about your particular pattern of stammering, how to manage negative thoughts and feelings more easily (this will include some work on cognitive therapy) and ways to reduce the things you might do to avoid stammering, such as changing words or saying less than you want to. We’ll also teach you tried and tested ways to reduce the physical tension in your speech so that you can speak more easily. In addition, you will be introduced to mindfulness and learn how it can support your work on stammering.Learn 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.The course will cover:<br />
- Identification of the overt (physical stammering behaviours) and covert (hidden thoughts and feelings about stammering) aspects of stammering<br />
- Becoming less sensitive about stammering; this includes exploring:<br />
- difficult thoughts and feelings about stammering and learning how to manage them more easily as well as gradually reducing some of the things you do to avoid stammering <br />
- Speech work: this is aimed at helping you change your stammering towards an easier, more fluent pattern of speech.1. Identify at least 3 overt and 3 covert stammering features in yourself<br />
2. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours within the group<br />
3. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours outside of the group<br />
4. Speak in a previously identified challenging situation outside of the group<br />
5. Reduce your stammering behaviour within the group.<br />
6. Reduce your stammering behaviour outside of the group in a number of situations.This is a course for people who stammer and who may or may not have had any previous speech therapy. To access the course you will need to have an adequate level of English to:<br />
- Express your opinions and feelings<br />
- Follow discussions and make relevant contributions<br />
- Make use of handouts with some assistance if necessary<br />
Before joining the class you will need to speak to one of the Speech Therapy team.There is a large component of practical work. Visual aids including video and handouts are used. Work will be undertaken both in the whole group and smaller sub-groups using a wide variety of communication activities. You are encouraged to extend therapy into working on your speech outside and to take an increasing level of responsibility for your learning.There are no other real costs although you are asked to bring a notebook to sessions. We recommend you read the book Self-therapy for the stutterer by Malcolm Fraser alongside the course which can be downloaded free of charge from the Stuttering Foundation website: http://www.stutteringhelp.org.In order to maintain and build on the changes you have already made, we strongly recommend you have some follow-up therapy. We offer a range of progression courses, designed specifically for people who have already had some therapy. These take place either in the evening or during the day and can either be straight revision such as our Refresher Courses or our range of topic based courses. Examples of topics include public speaking, drama and mindfulness for people who stammer.Speech therapySpeech therapy for people who stammervirtual3035239Stage 1 stammering therapy279279https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/category/Interiorised-stammering-XS302-1024.jpgInStockEveningMonKeeley StreetAvailable courses11 weeks or longerWeekday2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00BeginnersSep 2026Specialist learningXS301279279Stage 1 stammering therapy19556279Vivien Grant-Jonesstage-1-stammering-therapy/xs301-2627<p>Learn 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.</p>0000-Available|2026-09-28 00:00:00-<p>Learn 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.</p>1. Identify at least 3 overt and 3 covert stammering features in yourself<br>2. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours within the group<br>3. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours outside of the group<br>4. Speak in a previously identified challenging situation outside of the group<br>5. Reduce your stammering behaviour within the group.<br>6. Reduce your stammering behaviour outside of the group in a number of situations.There is a large component of practical work. Visual aids including video and handouts are used. Work will be undertaken both in the whole group and smaller sub-groups using a wide variety of communication activities. You are encouraged to extend therapy into working on your speech outside and to take an increasing level of responsibility for your learning.Speech therapySpeech therapy for people who stammervirtual3035248Stage 1 stammering therapy279279https://www.citylit.ac.uk/media/catalog/category/Interiorised-stammering-XS302-1024.jpgInStockEveningTueOnlineAvailable courses11 weeks or longerWeekday2027-01-19T00:00:00+00:00BeginnersJan 2027Specialist learningXS304279279Stage 1 stammering therapy19556279Amy Stewartstage-1-stammering-therapy/xs304-2627Learn 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.0000-Available|2027-01-19 00:00:00Stammering, also known as stuttering, is not just about the physical aspects (such as repeating sounds or words, blocking on a word or stretching out a sound). It’s also about how you think and feel about stammering and the impact stammering has on your everyday life. On this course you’ll learn more about your particular pattern of stammering, how to manage negative thoughts and feelings more easily (this will include some work on cognitive therapy) and ways to reduce the things you might do to avoid stammering, such as changing words or saying less than you want to. We’ll also teach you tried and tested ways to reduce the physical tension in your speech so that you can speak more easily. In addition, you will be introduced to mindfulness and learn how it can support your work on stammering.Learn 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.The course will cover:<br> - Identification of the overt (physical stammering behaviours) and covert (hidden thoughts and feelings about stammering) aspects of stammering<br> - Becoming less sensitive about stammering; this includes exploring:<br> - difficult thoughts and feelings about stammering and learning how to manage them more easily as well as gradually reducing some of the things you do to avoid stammering <br> - Speech work: this is aimed at helping you change your stammering towards an easier, more fluent pattern of speech.1. Identify at least 3 overt and 3 covert stammering features in yourself<br>2. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours within the group<br>3. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours outside of the group<br>4. Speak in a previously identified challenging situation outside of the group<br>5. Reduce your stammering behaviour within the group.<br>6. Reduce your stammering behaviour outside of the group in a number of situations.This is a course for people who stammer and who may or may not have had any previous speech therapy. To access the course you will need to have an adequate level of English to:<br>- Express your opinions and feelings<br>- Follow discussions and make relevant contributions<br>- Make use of handouts with some assistance if necessary<br>Before joining the class you will need to speak to one of the Speech Therapy team.There is a large component of practical work. Visual aids including video and handouts are used. Work will be undertaken both in the whole group and smaller sub-groups using a wide variety of communication activities. You are encouraged to extend therapy into working on your speech outside and to take an increasing level of responsibility for your learning.There are no other real costs although you are asked to bring a notebook to sessions. We recommend you read the book Self-therapy for the stutterer by Malcolm Fraser alongside the course which can be downloaded free of charge from the Stuttering Foundation website: http://www.stutteringhelp.org.In order to maintain and build on the changes you have already made, we strongly recommend you have some follow-up therapy. We offer a range of progression courses, designed specifically for people who have already had some therapy. These take place either in the evening or during the day and can either be straight revision such as our Refresher Courses or our range of topic based courses. Examples of topics include public speaking, drama and mindfulness for people who stammer.Speech therapySpeech therapy for people who stammervirtual181,195259,27952,56XS304,XS301INTTue,Mon28/09/26 - 22/03/2718:00 - 20:0018:0020:0023 sessions (over 26 weeks)2311 weeks or longerEveningWeekdayKSOnline,Keeley StreetAmy Stewart,Vivien Grant-JonesBeginnersNo longer available,Available courses2026-02-03T00:00:00+00:00,2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00,2027-01-19T00:00:00+00:00Feb 2026,Sep 2026,Jan 2027Specialist learning259259,279Stage 1 stammering therapystage-1-stammering-therapy/xs304-2526,stage-1-stammering-therapy/xs301-2627,stage-1-stammering-therapy/xs304-2627Learn 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.,<p>Learn 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.</p>0000-Available|2026-09-28 00:00:00Stammering, also known as stuttering, is not just about the physical aspects (such as repeating sounds or words, blocking on a word or stretching out a sound). It’s also about how you think and feel about stammering and the impact stammering has on your everyday life. On this course you’ll learn more about your particular pattern of stammering, how to manage negative thoughts and feelings more easily (this will include some work on cognitive therapy) and ways to reduce the things you might do to avoid stammering, such as changing words or saying less than you want to. We’ll also teach you tried and tested ways to reduce the physical tension in your speech so that you can speak more easily. In addition, you will be introduced to mindfulness and learn how it can support your work on stammering.,-Learn 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.,<p>Learn 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.</p>1. Identify at least 3 overt and 3 covert stammering features in yourself<br />
2. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours within the group<br />
3. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours outside of the group<br />
4. Speak in a previously identified challenging situation outside of the group<br />
5. Reduce your stammering behaviour within the group.<br />
6. Reduce your stammering behaviour outside of the group in a number of situations.,1. Identify at least 3 overt and 3 covert stammering features in yourself<br>2. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours within the group<br>3. Reduce at least 2 avoidance behaviours outside of the group<br>4. Speak in a previously identified challenging situation outside of the group<br>5. Reduce your stammering behaviour within the group.<br>6. Reduce your stammering behaviour outside of the group in a number of situations.There is a large component of practical work. Visual aids including video and handouts are used. Work will be undertaken both in the whole group and smaller sub-groups using a wide variety of communication activities. You are encouraged to extend therapy into working on your speech outside and to take an increasing level of responsibility for your learning.Speech therapySpeech therapy for people who stammerconfigurable
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