McGuire Course Reports

The new students joined the McGuire Programme Stutter Course to start their journey in going beyond stuttering.

One thing that lockdown has opened up for us, is the realisation and resources to bring together many nationalities, ethnicities and countries in one room. That is what happened on this Hybrid course.

McGuire Stutter Course Report UK

Peter (to the right in the picture) called me before the intensive course in Aarhus, Denmark. He was already anxious about the contact session and the public speech. I told him to just think one step at a time; when it is time you will be ready for it, I said.

The course was our biggest course for 2018. We had 60 people in total over the duration of the 4 days including 4 new students (3 from Holland and 1 from Saudi Arabia).

To help them smash their stammers and support them, graduates, coaches and instructors came from different cities in India and countries overseas - Abu Dhabi, Dubai, France, Sri Lanka, the UK, and the USA.

This time was different as it was my first instructing gig. I arrived at the hotel on Wednesday afternoon after seamlessly travelling from Copenhagen to Malmö, Sweden – if you’re a fan of clean airports and easy transitions between countries then Scandinavia is the one for you. The air was fresh and the people seemed to take everything a little slower than in London, a refreshing start to the course. 

We held our first course for 2019 for the German Region of The McGuire Programme in the wonderful city of Düsseldorf. We ventured back to our old location which has been newly renovated and it’s looking better than ever We were joined by 9 brave new students and 16 returning members. This was the biggest course we’ve had in relation to the number of new students joining us. The new students came from far and wide and we had 14 different nationalities in attendance.

The course was extra special - not only did we have many returning members, some from as long as 21 years ago, but we also had a very special guest instructor - Dave McGuire.

More than 25 people who stutter came to New York City to work together to move forward on their journeys to overcoming their stuttering.

Summer has finally started here in Ireland and what a way to start than with a very disciplined and focused McGuire Programme course in Galway.

The McGuire Programme UK North region held a very successful four day, intensive, residential course in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, from Wednesday 26th until Sunday 30th June 2019. We had six new students and over 70 returning graduates who attended over the four days.

Bengaluru is a very special place. That is where the McGuire India Programme started five years ago. This summer, we saw the largest course to date and lots of smiles on people's faces.

There is powerful evidence that to extinguish your fears, you have to experience them again. It can be tempting to simply avoid the fear trigger, but that could just make the problem bigger. Although this avoidance might help reduce feelings of fear in the short-term, over the long-term it can make the fear become even worse. So face your fears. You'll be glad you did.

One of the central tenets of the McGuire Programme is to "Do Your Best", and we wanted to give returning graduates the chance to be their best on the recent Gold Coast Beyond Stuttering Course. 

Stutterers from around the world came together in Chicago to work together to overcome their fears of speaking with the McGuire Programme.

The McGuire Programme UK North region ran another four day, intensive, residential stammering therapy course in Birmingham from Wednesday 21st until Sunday 25th August 2019. Fifteen new students learned how to control their stutters and how to become articulate and eloquent speakers. All fifteen of the new students spoke to over one hundred strangers on the streets of Birmingham on the Saturday afternoon and also made a public speech, in the hot and bright sunshine, in Victoria Square in the city centre.

20+ people who stutter came to Canada's most populous city to challenge their fears and begin to overcome their stuttering!

Nine new students. Thirty-five returning grads. One documentary crew. Two mums. Mix in a large amount of courage, determination, vulnerability and commitment, along with the typically variable Melbourne weather, and you have all the ingredients that, combined together, formed the recent Melbourne Beyond Stuttering Course.

20 courageous people who stutter descended on glitzy Las Vegas to work hard and make progress in conquering their stuttering!

We held our last course of 2019 for the Benelux Region in Eindhoven, The Netherlands with 100% new students who were female. Not very common in the stuttering world to have 100% women on our courses.

The inaugural Beyond Stuttering course in the Southeast Asia region was held in Singapore from Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th March 2019

The McGuire Programme 3-day course in the Ashling Hotel in Dublin welcomed 16 courageous people from all walks of life but with one thing in common...they all stuttered. This was truly a new beginning for them as for the first time in their lives they now found a successful method to control their stutter and progress from there to articulate eloquence.

Nine new students participated in the course in Malmö (Sweden) to get control over their speech.

Another really successful course was held in the new venue in Watford. A new venue is always a challenge, and this was no different. The hotel was separate from the conference room but worked perfectly and the Corona Virus was on people’s minds. Precautions were taken with chairs being further apart from usual and hygiene being an even bigger factor than usual. Handshaking was replaced by exit drills and people has to wash their hands during every break.

COVID-19 has prompted a time for reflection and realising the importance of social interaction and communication in daily lives. The McGuire Programme Ireland has been changing lives since 1996. This commitment continued in March 2021 with the region's first-ever online course via Zoom.

What an amazing Hybrid course we ran over zoom between 7-10 April. All 12 new students needed to have many meetings with coaches and instructors of the programme before the course kicked off. This was to make sure they know all about the course and so we can get to know them and make sure they are 100% determined to give this their best chance of success. 

After a long break due to the covid outbreak, The McGuire Programme ANZ, thanks to a relatively safe environment in Australia, had the chance to resume face to face courses. With some minor adjustments, a very large spacious venue and extra safety precautions, 6 new students and two dozen returning graduates came together to work on their speech.

Wow, these online courses are really taking off.  This one which was run by the UK South and South Africa regions was full of international flavour with people attending from Pakistan, Cyprus, Namibia, South Africa and the UK.

We had a mixture of attendees who were mild stutters as well as some more severe however the goal is the same, to change the mindset and gain control over the speech but using physical techniques as well as self-acceptance, being open and honest to yourself and others.

Combined the seven new students made over 1,000 phone contacts to prove they have control over a stutter.

People who stutter came together for 4 days to work on becoming effective, skilled, eloquent communicators.

There is no cure for stuttering but we offer the next best thing.

What an amazing online course we held with an international flavour.

The 7 new students faced their fear head-on and embraced all the techniques.

Six new students started their beyong stuttering journey and around 30 grads continued theirs, as the McGuire Programme made a welcome return to the beautiful city of Perth, Western Australia.

Stutterers from around the world came to Washington, DC, to learn to speak eloquently and overcome their stuttering.

First course to start off the year during the last weekend of holidays. Unfortunately the turnout was a bit smaller than normal with many people still away on holiday or had started work early. However for the everyone that joined, what a great way to start off the year after Xmas Holidays were speech often takes a back seat. 3 New male Students, all very sporty similar aged made for a great bunch who really understood the sports mentality mindset from the get go.