Guest bio: Matthew O’Malley is an advocate, author (Understanding Dysfluency) and a licensed SLPA, CDIS Master's Candidate.  Matthew brings wisdom and perspective enriched by his experience as a person who stutters, and co-creator of the biggest self-help “Stuttering Community” Facebook group for people who stutter from around the world.

 

In this episode Matthew and Uri discuss:

• The “Iceberg” as a model of understanding stuttering and lived-experience for people who stutter
• Approach to stuttering therapy
• The analogy of asthma as a way to understanding stuttering
• Adapting and coping with the persistency of the condition
• The relationship between the physical and non-physical (cognitive and emotional aspects of the lived experience)
• Next steps for stuttering research
• Introduction to our newest offering: Group therapy and Online course.
• Online support groups and organizations

 

Links: 

www.schneiderspeech.com/tsa

 

Host bio:

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP passionately explores and develops practical ways for us to create our own success story. Delivering personalized experiences of communication care informed by leading professionals and influencers, Uri is re-imagining the next-level of speech-language therapy for people to benefit in real life. Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech Pathology and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.