Referrals - Georgia | Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter

Listed below are the names of speech pathologists in your state who might be able to help you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America provides these names only to help in locating a speech pathologist who might be able to assist you in treating stuttering. The Stuttering Foundation of America does not warrant the competency of these speech pathologists nor guarantee their treatment.

This list is likely to include only a small number of the speech pathologists in your area and therefore might not include the names of all speech pathologists who might be able to assist you. No negative implication should be drawn about a particular speech pathologist's qualifications or competency if he or she is not included on this list.

If the individuals located below cannot assist you or are not located near you, the Stuttering Foundation of America encourages you to request a referral from them.

Ms. Laura Enz, M.S., CCC-SLP Univ. Hospital-Speech/Hearing Ctr. 1350 Walton Way Augusta, GA 30901 (706)774-8666 (706)828-6646 lboulineau@uh.org	Ms. Judith Kirkman, M.A., CCC-SLP 822 Rockford Commons Dr SW Marietta, GA 30064 (404)641-1450 jkirkman50@yahoo.com
Mr. Tim F. Mackesey, CCC-SLP Board Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders 1874 Independence Sq Ste B Dunwoody, GA 30338-5171 (770)399-5455 tfmackesey@gmail.com www.stuttering-specialist.com BCS-F Support group also	Ms. Sharon T. Milner, M.Ed., CCC-SLP 374 Thomasboro Road Rocky Ford, GA 30455-7316 smilner@screven.k12.ga.us
Ms. Grace E. Privette Farren, M.Ed., CCC-SLP 230 Overlook Circle Dawsonville, GA 30534-7210 (706)216-4732 (678)644-1873 gprivette4@gmail.com	Dr. Debra Schober-Peterson, CCC-SLP Clinical Professor GSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic 30 Pryor Street SW, Suite 800 Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 (404)413-8044 (404)413-8043 dspeterson@gsu.edu *Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist.

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Mel Tillis

Country music star Mel Tillis entertained audiences around the world.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

Bill Walton

From BillWalton.com

Thank you for your interest in my life long problem with my speech and communication skills. I was a very shy and reserved young man who could not speak at all without severely stuttering until I was 28 years old. Always a success in the classroom and on the basketball court, I took refuge in the things that I did well as a youngster. A straight A student, my athletic abilities covered the deficiencies that limited my overall growth and development. The game of basketball was my religion, the gym my church. It was a convenient way of avoiding my responsibilities of developing my human relation skills.

When I was 28, a chance encounter at a social event with Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Glickman completely changed my life in so many ways that things have never been the same since, nor have they ever been better. That day, in a very brief, private conversation (one way, mind you, since I literally could not speak at the time) Marty explained, patiently and concisely, that talking, communicating was a skill not a gift or a birthright and that like any skill, whether it be sports, music, business or whatever, needed to be developed over a lifetime of hard work, discipline, organization and practice. Marty gave me some simple tips that day and then encouraged me to take those keys and apply them to methods of learning that I had received from the special teachers that I had come across in my life, particularly the 6 Hall of Fame basketball coaches that I had played for throughout my career. The beginning of my whole new life was as simple as that. No gimmicks, tricks or shortcuts. Just the realization that with some help, guidance and a lot of hard work that I too could do what seemed so easy, simple and natural to everyone else, yet seemed impossibly out of my reach and comprehension.

Darren Sproles

Darren Sproles, now a running back for The Philadelphia Eagles, made history with the San Diego Chargers in 2007 when he became the first player in NFL history to return a kickoff and a punt for his first two NFL touchdowns in the same game.

After that game, Sproles was approached more often for interviews, which exacerbated his stuttering. “I had to talk to the media a lot, and once they put a camera in my face that's when it got bad," Sproles said. 'I just had to work on it. I couldn't really stress about it, because that's just me."

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation’s list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.