Support Group

Stuttering is perhaps one of the most isolating challenges anyone could have.  As we are a society that is largely if not totally based on our ability to keep up and keep moving forward with the masses whether in terms of mobility or speech sometimes stutterers just need and/or want to be around other stutterers as a reminder that there are more of us out there than we may realize.  The moment a stutterer enters a room knowing that everyone else in that room is also a stutterer can be a very profound and even life-altering experience in so many positive ways.

Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings are open to all stutterers (whether you're a Words Are Wing®  Stuttering Solutions™ & Fluency Flier Academy™ client or not); family members, friends, partners and coworkers are also welcome. 

 

Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings are centered around the premise that learning to control your stuttering and subsequently speak fluently is not only possible but probable through hard work, time and practice compliance.

Stuttering is viewed through a lens of difficulty combined with possibility; of challenges interlaced with accomplishments. Stuttering is a complicated equation full of many variables that are often viewed differently from one stutterer to the next; accordingly, all aspects of stuttering are acknowledged and open to discussion but a belief that fluency is possible is the nucleus of the cell.

If you would like to attend a meeting yet do not feel like speaking at first that is absolutely fine as the point of the meetings are to be around other stutterers whether you’re an active speaker or compassionate listener.

Stutterers who stutter openly and proudly are welcome to attend.  If you’re a stutterer presently not adhering to a fluency-shaping program or technique-based protocol please remember and respect the perspective that the Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings supports: that fluency is possible for all stutterers regardless of stuttering severity or how long you’ve been stuttering.

Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings are held in-person in Tucson, AZ and via Zoom for attendees outside of Tucson and around the country.  There is a meeting for children under the age of 18 and accompanied by at least one parent or guardian, and a separate meeting for adults.

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Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings in no way suggest that being a stutterer means there’s something wrong; what is acknowledged and recognized are the speaking challenges all stutterers face as being potentially impactful to quality of life whether fleeting or constant, minimal or severe.

Through unity there is strength, and through togetherness rises possibility and hope.

Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings offer the chance for stutterers to find strength, a friend, a sense of togetherness and community, and to restore whatever amount of hope stuttering has impacted.  What every stutterer hopes for is different; Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings offer the chance to (re)discover what hope means for you as a stutterer.

 

“Even when the skies are cloudy the sun has still risen;

its golden light just needs to find its way through the clouds. It's your time now.”

(Andrew Miceli, M.A., CCC-SLP)

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If you are interested in becoming a member of the Words Are Wings® Support Group Meetings please contact me today via any of the following:

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Phone: 917-887-4716 (AZ MST 10:00am – 6:00pm for calls, 24/7 for texting)

Email: micelispeech@gmail.com (24/7)
Linked-In: linkedin.com/in/andrew-miceli (24/7)

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(As I answer all correspondences personally, kindly allow one to two business days for a response.)

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