City Lit is an adult education centre in London offering specialist stammering therapy courses, workshops and evening classes. They also do online courses.
What does it do?
City Lit offers a wide range of therapy and non-therapy courses for people who stammer. It's an opportunity to work on speech within a supportive group and to develop confidence in your communication skills.
What ages is it for?
Adults aged 18+
Upcoming City Lit courses
Therapy courses
- Stage 1 stammering therapy (starting 28th Sept)
- Interiorised stammering therapy (online, starting 7th Oct)
- Refresh, revise stammering therapy (starting 28th Oct)
- Refresher workshop for people who stammer (online, starting 5th Feb 2027)
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people who stammer (online, starting 29th Apr 2027)
Other courses
- Public speaking for people who stammer (starting 13th Oct)
- Self-compassion for people who stammer (online, starting 10th Nov)
- Embodied voice for people who stammer (one day, 5th Dec)
- Stammering: mindful drawing (online, 17th March 2027)
- Improvisation for people who stammer (16th-17th Apr 2027)
- Open stammering (one evening, 18th May 2027)
- Acting workshop for people who stammer (one day, 19th June 2027)
About City Lit Therapy courses
City Lit's therapy courses combine strategies to manage stammering with approaches to support changes in thoughts and feelings about speaking. Its therapy courses include:
- Block Modification course, which teaches techniques to reduce the struggle to speak.
- Interiorised stammering course, if you have a covert stammer.
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy course, to help with negative thoughts.
Therapy is offered as an intensive daytime course or evening class. Some are online. At the end of each course, people go away with a variety of tools for managing stammering to take forward into their lives.
Note: City Lit does not believe in a 'quick fix' for stammering, but knows that ongoing therapy and group support can help people make life-long changes.
Who delivers the courses?
A team of experienced speech & language therapists specialising in stammering, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
where are courses held?
Courses are held throughout the year at City Lit, 1-10 Keeley St, London WC2B 4BA. Some courses are online.
How much does it cost?
Initial appointments: free.
Courses range from £79 for a one-day course, to £289 for a 7-day intensive course.
Concessionary rates are available, as are early bird offers and bursaries. Visit the City Lit website for details.
To book a free advisory session, email speechtherapy@citylit.ac.uk or phone 020 7492 2578.
Articles from City Lit attendees
What is a course like? Read these Your Voice articles from our members who have been on a City Lit course:
- Peter
- Jonathan
- Joe
- Sean
- Corporal Howard
- James
- Benjamin
- Phillip and his other article
- Kaitlin
- John
- Christine
- Dave
- St John
- Natasha
City Lit is one of the options available for stammering. For the full list of options, see Adult Stammering Courses and One-to-one Adult Speech & Language Therapy.
