Referrals - New Jersey | 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. Michele Coogan, M.A., CCC-SLP MidState Therapy Associates 219 Taylor Mills Rd Ste 3 Manalapan, NJ 07726-3255 (732)431-5093 mic.coogan@gmail.com	Mrs. JoAnn G. Ficca, M.Ed., CCC-SLP Associates in Speech and Language 21 Benford Drive Princeton Junction, NJ 08550-1330 (609)799-2726 (609)799-7841 jficca@comcast.net
Ms. Delcie A. Halsey, M.A., CCC-SLP 2550 Stearns Drive Manasquan, NJ 08736 (732)528-7861 halseyspeechlanguage@me.com	Ms. Diane Polledri, M.A., CCC-SLP Montclair State University Clinic Ctr for Audiology-Speech Lang Path 1515 Broad St Bloomfield, NJ 07003-3002 (973)655-6917 polledrid@mail.montclair.edu *Therapy typically conducted by students under the supervision of a certified speech language pathologist
Dr. Sheree Reese, CCC-SLP S & R Therapy Associates LLC 7 Ayers Ct Metuchen, NJ 08840-1171 (732)494-4514 sreese@kean.edu Board Certified Fluency Specialist Teens and adults	Ms. Linda Rembisz, M.A., CCC-SLP Monmouth Therapy Associates 1 Executive Drive, Suite 14 Tinton Falls, NJ 07701 (732)741-8073 (732)741-6521 fax www.monmouththerapy.com
Ms. Emily L. Root, M.A., CCC-SLP Director of Speech Pathology Ped Speech Language & Learning Ctr 230 Sherman Ave Ste 7 Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-1171 (908)790-9555 (908)790-1133 emlroot@gmail.com www.speechtherapynj.com	Dr. Kathleen Scaler Scott, CCC-SLP Flemington, NJ 08822 (908)303-7198 scalerscott1@earthlink.net
Dr. Jim Tsiamtsiouris, CCC-SLP Dept of Communication Disorders William Paterson University 300 Pompton Rd Wayne, NJ 07470-2103 (201)240-1384 JimSpeech@gmail.com	Dr. Iris Weinhouse, CCC-SLP Hillsdale, NJ 07642-1130 (201)664-5195 Weinhouse36@hotmail.com

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.

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.

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.

Emily Blunt

Actress Emily Blunt struggled with stuttering early in her life. A teacher encouraged her to act in a school play at age 12 despite her stuttering.

Blunt’s name is prominently featured on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.