Gunars K. Neiders, Ph.D.E.E., Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in the State of Washington.

Dr. Neiders provides in-person and internet-based (Zoom) psychotherapy. This psychotherapy modality is augmented by telephone and e-mail contacts. Dr. Neiders specializes in coaching - via Zoom - persons who want to minimize the frequency and severity of their stuttering and lead productive and emotionally fulfilling lives. His first book: From Stuttering to Fluency: Manage Your Emotions and Live More Fully, and his current book, Rational Recovery from Stuttering: Think Clearly, Speak Freely and Live Fully Edition 1 are based on his coaching experience, work done with Albert Ellis (his mentor), his dissertation: Theoretical Development Of A Proposed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Based Model To Treat Persons With Chronic Perseverative Stuttering Syndrome, and his study of the Stuttering Modification techniques from speech and language pathologists. His website - www.stutteringrecovery.

net contains companion blogs. These blogs have discussed various aspects of recovery from stuttering and will provide more detailed discussions of the step-by-step practical therapy exercises presented in this book. The exercises can be used for self-help and in individual and group therapy settings. He is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a member of SID4, the Special Interest Group on Fluency and Fluency Disorders. He is a long-time member (over 50 years) of the National Stuttering Association, where in the 1970s he was the local leader of the Seattle Chapter. He has presented numerous papers at the National Stuttering Association (NSA) and International Fluency Association (IFA) conferences on the application of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to the problem of chronic stuttering.