Essays

Below are several interesting contributions by John C. Harrison, of the National Stuttering Association. Many of these essays are also published in his 450-page book, HOW TO CONQUER YOUR FEARS OF SPEAKING BEFORE PEOPLE, written specifically for people who stutter. The first quarter of the book contains speaking exercises along with information for discussion. The book is available from Amazon.


HAVING FUN: IT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK

WHY IT'S EASIER TO TALK WHEN NOBODY'S AROUND

YOU CAN CONTROL HOW OTHERS SEE YOU

OVERCOMING PERFORMANCE FEARS. (French translation Surmonter Nos Peurs D'Agir - translated by Richard Parent)

CREATING A SETTING FOR FLUENCY

LOSING YOUR WILL TO SPEAK

ZEN AND THE ART OF SPEAKING

ANATOMY OF A BLOCK

THE POWER OF OBSERVATION

DEVELOPING A NEW PARADIGM FOR STUTTERING - The Hexagon article. (French translation Devellopper Un Nouveau Paradgme Pour Le Begaiemnt - translated by Richard Parent)

THE HAWTHORNE EFFECT AND IT'S RELATIONSHIP TO STUTTERING (This is a further development of the Stuttering Hexagon concept - French translation - L'Effet Hawthorne Et Le Begaiement Chronique translated by Richard Parent.)

ON BEING DIFFERENT

IS THERE A GENETIC BASIS FOR STUTTERING? by John C. Harrison

UNDERSTANDING THE BLOCK by John C. Harrison

  • WHY ARE SPEECH BLOCKS SO UNPREDICTABLE by John Harrison. (French translation by Richard Parent Pourquoi Les Blocages de Begaiement Sont-ils Si Imprevisibles?

  • THE FEELING OF FLUENCY by John Harrison


    last modified December 8, 2008