Referrals - Massachusetts | 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.

Sisskin Stuttering Center 1170 Beacon St., Garden Suite #3 Brookline, MA 02446 (781)613-0853 EMail We also offer group and individual tele-therapy services for those unable to attend sessions at our physical Brookline location. Tele-therapy enables the client and clinician to see each other through a secure ZOOM platform that is HIPAA compliant.	Ms. Seda Atilla-Sahin, M.S.,CCC-SLP Newton, MA 02461 (617)893-8814 sedatilla@gmail.com
Ms. Julie Atwood, M.Ed., CCC-SLP MGH Institute of Health Profesions 36 First Ave/Charlestown Navy Yard Boston, MA 02129 (617)724-6304 jatwood@mghihp.edu *ASHA Fellow, Fluency Specialist	Ms. Carla Ann Bernier, M.A., CCC-SLP 13 B Snowberry Cir S Deerfield, MA 01373 (413)218-7540 carlabernier@me.com *BCS-F
Ms. Joan E. Butterworth, CCC-SLP, BCS-F 3 Loring St Auburn, MA 01501-2807 (508)832-5331 jebutterworth@gmail.com	Ms. Astrid Cordero, M.A., CCC-SLP 175 Bedford St Ste 11 Lexington, MA 02420-4481 (781)862-3411 (781)862-3422
Ms. Adriana DiGrande, M.S., CCC-SLP PO Box 80418 Stoneham, MA 02180 (781)665-6623 digrande@stutteringtherapy.org www.stutteringtherapy.org	Ms. Elyse Gustin Fishkin, M.Ed., CCC-SLP 67 Beechwood Rd Wellesley, MA 02482-2319 (781)431-2247 kumunik8@aol.com
Ms. Sandra Garzon, M.A., CCC-SLP 16 Knoll Street Roslindale, MA 02131 (857)719-6906 BCS-FD Bilingual English-Spanish Speech-Language Pathologist	Ms. Elise S. Goodman, M.A., CCC-SLP North Easton, MA 02356-2738 (508)596-4431 weezy0@aol.com
Ms. Christine LaFleur, M.S., CCC-SLP PO Box 442897, 58 Day St Somerville, MA 02144 (617)230-4735 lafleur.slp@gmail.com	Mr. Salvatore A. Pace, M.Ed. CCC-SLP 9 Wildwood Road Lexington, MA 02421-6411 (781)862-8529
Ms. Diane Parris Constantino, MS, CCC/SLP Boston University, Sargent College 635 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 (617)353-7479 dconstan@bu.edu Therapy may be conducted by graduate student clinicians under Diane's supervision; Some clients may be seen privately in Boston or Gloucester, MA.	Ms. Maureen M. Tardelli, M.Ed.,CCC-SLP 11 Chester Avenue Medford, MA 02155 (781)608-8617 mmtardelli@aol.com
Ms. Ann T. Veneziano-Korzec, M.S., CCC-SLP Worcester State University Speech-Language-Hearing Center 486 Chandler St Worcester, MA 01602-2861 (508)929-8055 (508)929-8175 FAX aveneziano@worcester.edu *Evaluation and therapy services are provided by graduate students under the supervision of certified and licensed speech language pathologists and audiologists.	Ms. Suellen Wedmore, M.Ed.,CCC-SLP 155 South St Rockport, MA 01966-2350 (978)546-3754 suellenwedmore@comcast.net

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Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

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.

Bob Love

Bob Love has dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Bruce Willis

While the world knows Bruce Willis as an A-list actor, few know that he struggled with stuttering throughout his first 20 years.

Walter Bruce Willis was born in 1955 in West Germany to his German mother, Marlene, and his American GI father, David Willis. The family settled in David’s hometown of Penns Grove, New Jersey in 1957, and the couple has three other children.