Who is Pierre Roberge?

Pierre Roberge is an author and speech-freedom coach based in Quebec, Canada. He stuttered from age 4 to 24, researched the problem himself, identified the root cause, devised his own exercises to change how his mind treated speaking, and overcame it. He has spoken fluently for more than 25 years since and is the author of 'No More Stutter: Reclaim Your Voice by Reclaiming Your Self'.

How did Pierre Roberge stop stuttering?

Not by luck and not overnight. At 24 he quit his job and gave himself three months. He had already read over a hundred psychology books; this time he read with one question — why am I stuttering in the first place? That research led him to the root cause: fear, and the over-control it produces. He then devised his own exercises to change what his mind believed about speaking, and did that deliberate work over months until the bracing stopped. Speaking for seven minutes straight without a block was the result of the method, not a miracle.

Is Pierre Roberge a speech-language pathologist?

No, and he says so plainly. He has no clinical credential. What he brings is twenty years inside the problem, a root cause he worked out himself, a method he built and tested on himself first, and twenty-five years of evidence that it held. For young children, or for a sudden or severe stutter, he recommends a licensed speech-language pathologist.

What does Pierre Roberge believe causes stuttering?

That stuttering is driven by fear rather than by a defect of the mouth or vocal cords. Speech is meant to be automatic, like walking; fear pulls it off autopilot and hands it to the conscious mind, and that over-control is the block. His proof is that people who stutter do not stutter when alone or when singing.

What did Pierre Roberge try before he recovered?

More than a hundred psychology books, a hypnotherapist at $80 a session, an NLP course, breathing techniques, foot-tapping rhythms, a brain-wave machine, and catharsis therapy three times a week. Some helped a little; none fixed it, because none answered why he was stuttering in the first place.

Who does Pierre Roberge work with?

Teens aged 12 and up, and adults. For younger children he advises seeing a speech-language pathologist instead, because little ones cannot yet reflect on fear and over-control the way his approach asks.

What does Pierre Roberge do now?

He works as an IT Business Partner leading video meetings every day. He has worked in sales, taught (voted best teacher four quarters running), and presented to executives and rooms of 50-plus people in California, in English, his second language.

About Pierre Roberge — Who I Am and Why I Teach This

Pierre Roberge

The twenty years

Stuttering quietly ran my life from the age of four. It stopped me from making friends, from approaching the people I liked, from applying for the jobs I actually wanted. I became a computer programmer partly because programmers can sit at a desk and not have to talk. That is not a joke I tell for effect — it is a career chosen around a fear.

The exhausting part was never the stutter itself. It was the constant scanning, hiding and bracing: keeping a mental list of who knew, swapping the word I wanted for an easier one, letting the phone ring out, replaying a single blocked sentence for hours afterward.

Everything I tried that did not work

I did not take it lying down. Over those two decades I went through:

More than a hundred psychology books
A hypnotherapist at $80 a session
An NLP course
Breathing techniques and foot-tapping rhythms
A brain-wave machine
Catharsis therapy, three times a week

Some of it helped a little. None of it fixed anything — because none of it answered the only question that mattered: why was I stuttering in the first place? Looking back, I notice that most of what I was handed asked me to add more conscious control to my speech. That turned out to be exactly backwards.

What actually happened at 24 — and it was not magic

At 24 I was stuck in a job I hated. I quit and gave myself three months. Not three months to hope — three months to work.

I want to be precise about what that work was, because this is the part people skip when they tell my story back to me:

I researched it myself. I had already read over a hundred psychology books. This time I read with a single question instead of many: why am I stuttering in the first place? Nobody had answered it for me, so I went and answered it.
I found the root cause. Fear — and the over-control it produces. Everything I had tried before had been aimed at the symptom. Once I could name the cause, the target changed completely.
I devised my own exercises. Not breathing drills or rhythm tricks — deliberate practices designed to change what my mind believed about speaking. I put myself in chosen situations, gathered evidence my brain could not argue with, and repeated it until the bracing stopped.
Then I overcame it. By doing that work, on myself, over months.

Along the way came the moment I still remember — speaking for seven minutes straight without a single block. But that was the result of the method, not a miracle that arrived on its own. Nothing about this was luck, and nothing about it was instant.

That is the whole reason I write and coach. If it had been magic, I would have nothing to teach you. Because it was research, a diagnosis and a set of exercises, I do.

Why listen to me

I am not a clinician, so here is exactly what I bring instead: twenty years inside the problem, a cause I worked out myself, a method I built and tested on myself first, and twenty-five years of evidence that it held.

25+ years stutter-free. I overcame it at 24 and never went back.
Went from hiding behind a computer to working in sales, then teaching — voted best teacher four quarters running.
Presented to executives and rooms of 50+ people in California, in English, my second language.
Now an IT Business Partner who leads video meetings every single day.
Wrote No More Stutter: Reclaim Your Voice by Reclaiming Your Self, available on Amazon Kindle.
Coach teens (12+) and adults privately, one to one.

What I believe about stuttering

If you only take one thing from this page, take this: the equipment is fine.

Stuttering is driven by fear, not by a defect of the mouth or vocal cords.
Speech is meant to be automatic, like walking. Fear pulls it off autopilot and hands it to your conscious mind — and that over-control is the block, the repetition, the stretched vowel.
The proof is already in your own life: you do not stutter when you are alone, and you do not stutter when you sing. A physical defect does not vanish the moment the room empties.
The plank test: a wide plank on the ground is easy to walk. Lift the same plank ten stories up and you wobble — identical board, only the fear changed. Recovery means bringing the plank back down to the ground.
The way out is to give your brain undeniable proof that speaking is safe, over and over, until it stops bracing.
I say "recovery," not "cure." There is no pill, surgery or device that cures stuttering. Recovery is real, and I am an example of it.

You can read these ideas in more depth in the glossary of terms I use, or see how my approach compares with speech therapy and fluency shaping.

Where my approach fits — and where it does not

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I am not a speech-language pathologist

I have no clinical credential and I do not pretend to one. What I have is twenty years inside the problem and twenty-five out the other side. For younger children, my honest advice is to see a speech-language pathologist — little ones cannot yet reflect on fear and over-control the way my approach asks, and early professional support genuinely works. From roughly age 12 upward, a young person can understand and apply what I teach. And if your stutter is sudden, severe, or causing real distress, please see a licensed SLP or physician regardless of anything on this site.

How to reach me

The fastest way to talk to me is a free discovery call. Otherwise, email pierre.roberge@gmail.com. If you are a journalist, podcaster or researcher writing about stuttering, you are welcome to quote anything on this site — a link back to nomorestutter.com is all I ask.