Therapy for People Who Stutter in Portland, OR & Durham, NC
Isaiah Barlett LCSW
As a therapist who stutters, I understand what this experience can be like. When I first started talking it was clear to my parents that there was something different about my speech. This was not a surprise to my family as my paternal grandfather was a person who stuttered. Growing up, I underwent roughly ten years of speech therapy and spent much of my life passing as someone without a speech disability.
As I grew older, I started to unpack how much having a stutter impacted me as a child and how much it still impacts my relationship with language. This led me to seek out community with other people who stutter and to find out more about how stuttering and other speech differences impact mental health.
If you are a person who stutters and reading this, please know that you are not alone. I am here to help you:
- Better understand how your speech has impacted your sense of self
- Accept your speech as an important part of yourself
- Feel less like you need to hide yourself from others
- Find community with other people who understand
- Navigate internalized ableism
I understand the impact of the myths around stuttering. I also understand the mental health impacts. So much support for stuttering is focused on speech support-I’d love to support you with the mental health side.
The world around us is disabling, as it doesn’t accommodate our differences. I want to help you see and understand that & also find ways to exist within these oppressive structures.