City Lit is an adult education centre in London offering specialist stammering therapy courses, workshops and evening classes. Some of their courses are online.
What ages is it for?
Adults aged 18+
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.
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.
Upcoming City Lit therapy courses
- Stage 1 stammering therapy (online, starts 20th January 2026)
- Interiorised stammering therapy - *course full (online, starts 21st January)
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.
Non-therapy courses
City Lit also do evening classes and workshops especially for people who stammer. These include:
- Public Speaking
- Improvisation
- Acting
- Speaking Circles
- Mindfulness
- and more.
Upcoming City Lit non-therapy courses
- Acting workshop for people who stammer (one-day, in-person, 27th January)
- Public speaking for people who stammer (one-day, in-person, 27th February)
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. See website below for details.
Where can I find out more?
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.
