Gemma Clarke

I am a Certified European Stuttering Specialist and love helping people who stammer live happy, joyful lives, whether they stammer or whether they don’t. Over the last 20 years of working with people who stammer and their families I have focussed on developing my therapeutic and professional skills and on learning from the stammering community.

I have been working at the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering, the world-renowned specialist centre for stammering in London, since 2008. There, I have worked with children and adults who stammer and their families, both individually and in groups and delivered training to SLTs around the world.

I work holistically and guide my clients to find and strengthen their own natural resources, to move towards speech and communication being more comfortable, easy and fun. Stammering, just like any part of communication, happens when interacting with others, so working with my clients’ environment is vital. I work with clients’ family, school and significant others to create an environment that understands stammering and help others build their own communication skills in order to partner the person who stammers on their journey to easier speech and confident communication.

In my work with adults I tailor therapy to my clients’ goals and priorities. These goals may encompass speaking more easily and confidently and conquering fears of talking in particular situations which they may feel are holding them back from the life they want to live.