With your hard work, courage & perseverance, & our support, speaking can become FUN! You can start realising your true personal & professional potential.
We help tackle the many fears of speaking experienced by people who stutter, through techniques of concentration, assertiveness & non-avoidance.
We work with people who stutter. We identify & teach the mechanics & dynamics of speaking.
Upcoming 3-Day Courses 2019 / 2020
Upcoming Events 2019 / 2020
Latest News
16-year-old from Upminster, UK to become one of the youngest speech coaches on the McGuire Programme.
A teenager from Upminster, who overcame his own stammer, is now going to help teach others. 16-year-old Callum Wells has lived with a “covert stammer” his entire life. Growing up, he had to make constant efforts to avoid stammering and situations which might induce it. “It was very exhausting, my mind was constantly alert for […]
Overcoming Stuttering Along The Banks Of The Newry Canal
2018 is closing its doors and what a way to sign off the final Irish McGuire Programme course of the year! The ripple effect from the ‘School for Stammerers’ documentary is still inspiring people to seek the path to articulate eloquence. Seventeen people courageously stepped forward to take control of their stutter in Newry. The […]
The difficulties and lost opportunities of living with a stammer
ADVICE COLUMN WITH OPERATION TRANSFORMATION PSYCHOLOGIST DR EDDIE MURPHY
Katie Walsh on The Late Late Show (RTE)
View the short interview with Katie Walsh about being bullied as a child with a stammer
Finding her voice: How a mother of three finally overcame her lifelong stutter – aged 53
A stammer held Margaret O’Brien back for decades until she plucked up the courage to do something about it, writes Margaret Jennings
AT age 53, having hid behind a speech impediment all her life — avoiding social situations, lacking in confidence and unable to hold even a normal phone conversation — Cork mother of three Margaret O’Brien finally found her voice.
Although the Bandon-based head care assistant with the HSE had been working at the local community hospital for over three decades, her world otherwise had always been tightly held in rein by the fact that she stammered.
66,000 Steps To Control In Dublin – Overcoming Stuttering Together
2018 has only just begun and yet the stuttering community has already stamped its mark on the nation. ‘School for Stammerers’ – the ITV documentary which aired (also on TV3 in Ireland) at the beginning of January 2018 – pulled at the heartstrings of everyone that tuned in. It followed the journey of some very brave people learning how to overcome their stutter through the McGuire Programme.
In the media
Graduates of the McGuire Programme enjoy talking to the media (newspapers/radio/TV) about the remarkable changes in their lives after joining the programme. The following media clips are evidence that the McGuire Programme does work and is a life-changing experience for many people.
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How It Works
The McGuire Programme is a programme developed and run by people who have stuttered but now live full lives free from the fear, anxiety and limitations imposed by stuttering behaviour. We know how you feel, and understand the problems, frustrations and fears associated with stuttering. The McGuire technique is a holistic and multi-faceted programme dealing with the whole person.
Meet The Coaches
Joe O’Donnell – Regional Director
By 1999, after 30 years of struggling with my speech and dependant on avoidance behaviours, I finally plucked up the courage to address my stammer and joined the McGuire Programme. Stammering controlled all aspects of my life, both on a physical and psychological level. The build up of anxiety and fear before tough (and often not so tough) speaking situations re-enforced the physical struggle to say even the shortest of sentences. My stammer affected my family members/friends in that they were often compelled to speak for me when the words would simply not come!
Changing Lives Since 1994
From this, more components, such as sports psychology and ways to counteract the freezing, struggle and distortion (and accompanying tricks and avoidance), were added to refine this physical and mental/emotional approach resulting in a profound improvement in Dave’s own speech.
Soon, the word was out that there was something new and effective available, and those seeking an answer made the trip to Dave’s home in Holland for his 4 day course. Those successful with this new approach would go back to their own countries telling their stories to radio and newspapers. Before the end of the year, Dave was getting phone calls stating; “There are 10 people here who would like to give this a try! Why don’t you come here?” As time went on those experienced veterans would come back to help with the new recruits and to improve themselves. From this it was obvious that those who have themselves conquered stammering make the best coaches to help others who stammer.
Within 5 years, just by this organic process, Regions were established in the UK, Ireland, Norway, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. Currently, in addition to these, the McGuire Programme is now also in Mexico, Spain, India and the Middle East (Dubai).
What others say about us
Sandra has growing confidence and encouragement to be herself when speaking to others, as well as starting up conversations. The ability to use her techniques from the course and implement her experiences of stammering in relation to a module called Language Development outlined in Sandra’s college course.
I have known Sharon for over 30 years and I have seen a huge change since she joined the McGuire programme. She is more confident and she no longer looks for me to help her finish her words or sentences. She has come such a long way thanks to the McGuire Programme and I’m so proud of her.
I have to admit that Juliusz came through total metamorphose if it comes to the level of confidence, assertiveness along with total improvement in his speech, thinking about working to become a McGuire coach in the future. Seeing him working hard everyday – following the programme and techniques, taking up new challenges – makes me the most proud of him than ever before (though I always was).
Since our mammy has done the McGuire Programme she has more confidence when she speaks especially when she speaks in a group.