About Susie Lloyd
Susie works as a Highly Specialist Stammering Therapist, in the NHS and independent practice.
She is passionate about working together with you to help you make the changes that you would like to see in your life and in your communication.
She has worked as a speech therapist with people who stammer for 20 years, and has specialised in this clinical area for 16 years. Her work is grounded in current evidence based practice, and her approach is client led, collaborative, compassionate, and stammer-affirming.
Susie has an MSc in Speech and Language Sciences, and is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, The Health Professions Council, The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Private Practice, and the National Stammering Clinical Excellence Network.
Stammering, otherwise known as stuttering, is a difference in the way some people speak. With stammering, words can sometimes feel either stuck or out of control. This might involve a sound or syllable getting repeated, stretched or blocked. It can also involve a sense of anticipation that a word may be about to become stuck. Stammering can vary hugely from day to day, or from situation to situation. No two people's stammers are alike, and stammering can impact people's lives in very different ways.
Stammering therapy is suitable for anyone who feels that their stammer, or the way that they have been managing their stammer, has begun to impact on their wellbeing.
Stammering therapy can benefit a wide range of people, from people who stammer tensely or often, to those who hardly stammer openly at all, but have become burnt out and exhausted by the effort to do so.
It doesn't matter whether you have been stammering since childhood, or have developed a stammer more recently, in adulthood. There is no right or wrong time to start therapy, and many people are pleasantly surprised by how much stammering therapy has changed since their early experiences.
Benefits can include...
Is Stammering Therapy For You?
Reduced tension and struggle
Increased spontaneity
Authentic communication
Stammering in a more comfortable, relaxed, forward-flowing way, with reduced tension and struggle which can stem from trying to suppress or push through a stammered moment.
Living fully
Participating more fully in your life without avoiding any speaking situations.
Speaking more freely and spontaneously, without changing what you want to say, minimising what you say, or holding back in conversations.
Increased enjoyment
Enjoying speaking more, free of any negative feelings like anxiety, frustration or embarrassment that might have built up around your stammer.
Letting go of some of the things you might currently do to try to avoid, postpone or hide stammering, which you might now feel are getting in the way of your authentic communication.
Moving forwards
A future where worry about stammering does not impact on your decisions or opportunities in your friendships, relationships, work and education.
Testimonials about Susie Lloyd
“Thank you for all the help and support that you’ve given me over the past year. It’s made a massive difference and has a real impact on my day to day life.”
“Your time, knowledge, and patience have been incredibly valuable, and this is the most effective speech therapy I've ever had."
“Thanks again for all the help and support you gave me, it was invaluable. The sessions have given me much more confidence when communicating with others. I am even able to pick up the phone now when it rings. which for me, is a major achievement, as this was a cause of great anxiety. I will highly recommend your therapy to anyone in the future. You were so approachable and gave me time to talk about all my issues, taking time to listen, then giving strategies to help me. ”