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There are occasional workshops, a web-based discussion group, and a great deal of written material on applying this approach to stammering.

Articles and information

External links:

www.masteringstuttering.com Bob Bodenhamer's website on Neuro-Semantics and stammering. Articles, techniques etc, and details of Bob Bodenhamer's book (see below). Bob leads workshops for people who stutter. There is also a Yahoo discussion group Neuro-Semantics of Stuttering.

Neuro-linguistics Stuttering Association Includes articles, NLP techniques, workshops and coaching, and consultations. Contributors include Bob Bodenhamer, John Harrison and Tim Mackesey.

On the BSA website:

Bob Bodenhamer - creating mental pathways In a BSA conference call in August 2009, Bob Bodenhamer talked about the possibility of installing new networks in the brain to help fluency. You can listen to an exercise that Bob did with participants.

Walking tall Following his workshops on Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) at the BSA Conference in September 2007, Terry McElhinney describes something of his own experience of stammering and NLP.

Stammering and its therapy: a cognitive or physical problem? Mike Jones, who runs NLP workshops for people who stammer, summarises what he now believes stammering is and reflects on suitable candidates for a cognitive approach. Also feedback from Tom Weidig and reply by Mike Jones.

Fluency - it starts with the mind Sarah Johnson explains how a recent NLP course taught her to stand back and analyse her feelings and then start to build lasting fluency.

The strength within us How does NLP work in practice? A participant describes how one of the core techniques in a workshop with Bob Bodenhamer helped more than she thought possible.

How to get time on your side John Russell on time line therapy (2005)

Book reviews: 'Mastering Blocking and Stuttering' by Bob Bodenhamer Bob Bodenhamer's book published 2004. See below for his International Society of Neuro-semantics website.

How to create a state of fluency Mike Jones writes about the NLP approach to stammering, following a workshop he led in September 2003.

The Neuro-Semantics approach to gaining fluency Nigel Wilson reports on a workshop in the United States by Bobby Bodenhamer: 'mastering blocking and stuttering' (2003).

Inside the circle of excellence John Russell goes to an NLP workshop for people who stammer (1999).

What if Stammering were a Skill and not a Disability? A case study on using NLP with stammering (1997).

Workshops/Groups

MACH 1 courses (external link) 'Change your thinking, change your life'. Programme based on NLP started 2008 - courses currently held in London.

'Steps to ease in communication' - Mike Jones 2 day Reprogramming the Stammering Mind workshops in Southampton.

Neuro-Semantics of Stuttering (external link). Internet discussion group.

Alternative approaches
What sort of treatments do qualified speech and language therapists offer?

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