About Our Workbook

The workbook is currently in development and will be available in Winter 2025. Stay tuned for updates, sample pages, and early access opportunities as we get closer to the release!

Nora A. O'Connor is a licensed clinical social worker, therapist, and person who stutters. She is committed to helping people who stutter, their families, and the professionals who support them. Drawing from both personal experience and professional expertise, Nora brings a trauma-informed, somatic, and deeply compassionate lens to her work. Her mission is to help others navigate the emotional landscape of stuttering with honesty, courage, and self-acceptance.  You can learn more about her at www.noraoconnorlcsw.com.

The workbook is for people who stutter of all ages, especially teens and adults who want to better understand the emotional, physical, and psychological layers of their experience. It's also a powerful resource for parents, speech-language pathologists, and mental health professionals who want to support people who stutter with deeper insight, compassion, and evidence-informed tools.

The workbook explores identity, self-esteem, disclosure, anxiety, shame, nervous system regulation, somatic practices, mental health, community connection, and more.

Not exactly. While it compliments speech therapy beautifully, this workbook focuses on the emotional, psychological, and somatic experience of stuttering—areas that often go unaddressed in traditional fluency-based approaches.

Yes! Many of the exercises are suitable for teens, and parents or therapists can adapt sections for younger readers. A companion guide for parents or professionals may also be available in the future.

Yes! We’re planning to offer both a professionally printed version and a digital e-workbook with printable worksheets

Yes. It’s a great tool for one-on-one sessions, support groups, and self-guided work. Each chapter includes reflections and prompts that can be done individually or with others.