NSA Connects: When Fluency Strategies Aren’t Enough & How Counseling Can Help
Wed, Mar 11
|Virtual Event
Feeling stuck in your stuttering journey in speech therapy? If practicing strategies isn’t giving you the confidence you want or is exhausting, counseling can help.
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT
Virtual Event
About the event
Fluency strategies aren’t working the way you hoped? Stuttering is still shaping your life? Counseling can be a game-changer and provides people who stutter with a space to explore the emotional, behavioral, and social impacts of stuttering.
In this NSA Connects, Lauren and CJ (both speech-language pathologists who stutter) will guide a conversation about how counseling can boost speaking confidence. You’ll get practical tips for approaching your SLP about moving away from strategies and integrating counseling into your therapy.
Meet your hosts:
Chadwick “CJ” Hedgepeth works across schools, outpatient facilities, skilled nursing, and inpatient rehab in Virginia. A person who stutters, CJ is passionate about best practices in stuttering therapy and serves as Chapter Leader for the Charlottesville NSA Chapter.
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