This page is intended to provide information for persons
wishing to explore the Valsalva Control
approach to reducing their stuttering blocks. It is not a substitute
for individual diagnosis, stuttering therapy, and counseling by a
qualified speech-language pathologist or other appropriate health-care
professional.
Information about William Parry's book -
NEW!
Understanding &
Controlling Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the Valsalva
Hypothesis - The Revised and Expanded Third Edition (2013)
"Dismantling the 'Brick Wall' of Stuttering," by William D. Parry,
CCC-SLP
William Parry's paper presented as part of the International Stuttering
Association's 2013 International Stuttering Awareness Day On-Line Conference.
Stuttering Unblocked: Freeing Your
Speech from the Neurological "Brick Wall"
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Video excerpts from William Parry's presentation at the
National Stuttering Association annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, July
5, 2013.
Part One: Understanding the
"Brick Wall"
Part Two: Valsalva
Stuttering Therapy
Introduction to the Worldwide
Valsalva Stuttering Therapy Program (VIDEOS)
Three videos
discussing the neurological, physiological, and psychological factors in
stuttering blocks, and the fundamental principles of Valsalva Stuttering
Therapy.
Stuttering
Blocks Explained (VIDEO)
If you stutter, do words sometimes feel like "brick
walls"? Do you repeat, prolong, or force on initial consonants? Do your
blocks get stronger the harder you try to break through them? In this
video, William Parry, a licensed speech pathologist, explains these
common stuttering behaviors, based on his clinical research on Valsalva
Control Therapy. It will show that the problem is not in saying the
consonant, but rather the neurological substitution of effort in place
of phonation of the word's vowel sound. This reaction may be triggered
by the anticipation of difficulty or the urge to use effort to reduce
anxiety.
New
Insights and Tools To Beat Stuttering Blocks,
by William D. Parry, CCC-SLP.
Results of Bill Parry's first clinical study
of Valsalva Control Therapy - plus video showing dramatic initial
results of Phase 2 intensive therapy study - presented at the
National Stuttering
Association annual conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, July 7, 2011.
Results of Bill Parry's first clinical study
of Valsalva Control Therapy, presented at the International Stuttering
Association's 9th World Congress for People Who Stutter, in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, May 2011.
Introduction to
Stuttering, "Valsalva Stuttering" and Valsalva Control,
by William D. Parry, CCC-SLP.
Stuttering
and the Valsalva Mechanism: A Key To Understanding and Controlling Stuttering
Blocks,
by William D. Parry, CCC-SLP.
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Why is stuttering usually worst when the words
are most important? This article shows how a natural bodily function - the
Valsalva mechanism - may turn our efforts to speak into the very blocks we
are trying so hard to avoid. It explains why it is so hard for people who
stutter to stop stuttering, and suggests a new approach to stuttering
therapy. This introductory article is based on Bill Parry's
presentation to the 1995 World Congress for People Who Stutter
in Linköping, Sweden.
Detrimental Self-Talk and
Stuttering - A Flow Chart,
by William D. Parry, CCC-SLP.
William Parry's workshop presentation at
the NSA conference in July 2009:
Video excerpts from the
"Beating Stuttering Blocks" workshop
Beating Stuttering Blocks
(PowerPoint)
Beating Stuttering Blocks
(PDF)
Diagnosing Valsalva
Stuttering: Suggested Criteria,
by William D. Parry, CCC-SLP.
Beating
Stuttering Blocks: Some Basic Suggestions for Valsalva Control Stuttering
Therapyl,
by William D.
Parry, CCC-SLP.
For those interested in William Parry's book:
Understanding and Controlling
Stuttering: A Comprehensive New Approach Based on the Valsalva Hypothesis
- Information about William Parry's book, available from
the National Stuttering Association and Amazon.com.
Other Sources of Information
and Support:
The
National Stuttering Association
The Philadelphia Area
Chapter of the National Stuttering Association
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Stuttering Foundation of America
Stuttering
Home Page
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 Contact Information:
William
D. Parry, CCC-SLP
A licensed speech-language pathologist, offering Valsalva Stuttering
Therapy and counseling in person near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and by video conferencing over the Internet (subject to
location and applicable law).
Mail: P.O. Box 55, Merion Station, PA 19066-0055
Phone: 215-620-6792
E-mail:
stuttertherapy@aol.com
Websites:
Stuttering Therapy and Counseling:
www.stutteringtherapist.com
E-mail:
stuttertherapy@aol.com
The Valsalva-Stuttering Network:
www.valsalva.org
E-mail:
contact@valsalva.org
Stuttering and the Law:
www.stutterlaw.com
Valsalva Stuttering Therapy is
a
new approach to improving fluency by controlling the physiological
mechanism that may be causing stuttering blocks. For further information on Valsalva
Stuttering Therapy, visit
Stuttering Therapy and Counseling
at
www.stutteringtherapist.com.
 The
Revised and Expanded Third Edition of
Understanding and Controlling Stuttering
(2013) may be ordered from the
National Stuttering
Association or from
Amazon.com.
For information concerning stuttering self-help and support, please contact:
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National Stuttering Association
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1460 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
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(800) 937-8888
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e-mail: info@WeStutter.org
- Updated 3/4/2019
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