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Stammering & speech blocks

‘I couldn’t say what I wanted to’: the man who had speech blocks for 20 years, and the method he built to relearn speech

New Speech helps adults with stammering (stuttering) and severe speech blocks relearn to speak. No miracle cures and no pressure: a clear method, steady practice, and people who have been exactly where you are.

By David TomaszewskiFounder, New Speech · Winchester
David Tomaszewski, New Speech stammering trainer, in England
David Tomaszewski stammered and had speech blocks for almost 20 years before developing New Speech.

I stammered and had speech blocks for almost 20 years, which made life very difficult. I couldn’t say what I wanted to.

For over 20 years since, I have worked with people who stammer or block, often in the most difficult cases, where conventional methods have not been enough. New Speech is the method that came out of my own journey to fluency.

Stammering and speech blocks both affect fluency, but they are not the same. With stammering, sounds and syllables repeat or stretch; it takes longer, but the message usually gets across. With a block, the thought is there and the sound isn’t. Intense tension in the body stops speech entirely, and people swap words, withdraw, or camouflage to keep the conversation going.

That is why blocks need a holistic approach. New Speech connects relaxation with producing sound, so you can speak with confidence in any situation. Every course is tailored to the trainee and their family, and trainees who already use the method take part in the training.

Read David’s full story →

Do you recognise this?

It is not only about pronunciation. It is a weight you carry every day.

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StammaFest 2026 · University of Northampton

Phone anxiety and stammering: the teacher who made a live call from the stage

Jakub, a maths teacher and former trainee, rang an optician’s in Northampton in front of the whole audience. He kept a calm pace, and the call went well.

Before that, he had practised by ringing around 30 barbershops in London to ask the price of a haircut. Small, ordinary steps like that are how confidence is built.

Watch: David and Jakub at StammaFest 2026
Watch: “Wave nature”, David’s lecture at StammaFest 2024
StammaFest 2024 · Nottingham

Why you can speak fluently one day and block the next

In one situation a person speaks quite fluently; in another they have severe symptoms or a complete block. Stammering comes in waves, with better spells followed by setbacks.

David’s lecture explains this wave nature, and why it points to tension and emotion as the trigger rather than a fixed defect of speech.

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How the method works →
The difference

Why ordinary exercises fail

The stammer is only the symptom. The cause is ESBS, Emotional Speech Block Syndrome: a reaction of tension that shuts the voice down in stressful moments.

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A word of honesty

This is not for everyone

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What exactly is ESBS? →
Sceptical? Good

Your questions about stammering help, answered

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The method

The New Speech method for stammering and speech blocks

A habit is not treated. It is replaced.

New Speech training is not speech therapy: no breathing drills, no repeating syllables. You already know those, and they did not work. What we build instead is a complete new way of speaking, together with the courage, confidence and independence needed to use it.

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The approach

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Case in point

The phone, for example

Phone calls are one of the hardest situations for people who stammer or block: no visual feedback, time pressure, fear of silence on the line. Here is how we approach them.

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Poster illustrating emotional speech blocks as a river, ships and a dam
The river metaphor: the river is the flow of thought, the ships are messages, and the dam is a tense body.
Beyond the training room

Practice happens out there, not only in the room

Practical training: talking to a passer-by in the street

Use the staffed checkout rather than self-service. Ask a shop assistant a question. Chat at the hairdresser’s. Trainees who already use New Speech are part of the training, so you can follow the path of those who went before you.

Watch: Stammering and speech blocks, StammaFest 2024
Profile

David Tomaszewski, stammering and speech block trainer

Pedagogue, New Speech trainer, and creator of a system for retraining speech patterns in people with severe speech difficulties.

Having struggled with severe speech blocks for most of my life, I understand what my clients face. My own journey to fluency became the foundation of the method I now teach.

David Tomaszewski, creator of the New Speech method for stammering
David Tomaszewski, creator of the New Speech method.

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The team
David Tomaszewski

David Tomaszewski

Founder and head trainer
Jakub Bojdoł, teacher and former New Speech trainee

Jakub Bojdoł

Teacher and former trainee
Zoltan Kecso, New Speech coach

Zoltan Kecso

Coach
The New Speech team and trainees

Team and trainees

Trainees already using New Speech take part in the training
The book

Emotional Speech Blocks

The emotional foundations of stammering, and practical strategies for working through blocks.

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Courses & prices

Stammering courses and prices

Choose the pace that suits you. Every course is tailored to the trainee and their family. Most people begin with a consultation.

Consultation
£50

A first conversation with David. We look at your speech, what you’ve tried, and whether New Speech is right for you.

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Training session
£100 per hour

One-to-one training in the New Speech method, at your own pace.

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5-day intensive · in person
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Five days of focused, in-person work, tailored to you and your family.

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Courage & Confidence workshop in England
Courage & Confidence workshop, England.

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Book the consultation. It’s the simplest way to find out whether the method fits you, with no obligation to go further.

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Emotional Speech Block Syndrome

What exactly is ESBS?

ESBS is a concept developed by David Tomaszewski together with Sonia Szramek-Karcz of the University of Silesia. It covers the symptoms of emotional speech disorders and describes a state of raised body tension that arises at the attempt to communicate. Its most common symptoms are stammering and speech blocks.

The key difference from the classic understanding of stammering: ESBS is neither a pronunciation defect nor a trait to be accepted. It is acquired, with a strong emotional basis, which is why it is worked on differently from an articulation disorder.

Poster illustrating emotional speech blocks as a river, ships and a dam
The river is the flow of thought, the ships are messages, and the dam is a tense body.

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Symptoms

Visible, invisible, and hidden

Stammering and hesitation are often the first symptom. Most symptoms, however, are invisible to others, and those limit life the most.

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Research · StammaFest, Nottingham

Fear at the core

A survey of 29 participants at StammaFest in Nottingham, presented by David Tomaszewski and Jakub Bojdoł, supports the assumptions of ESBS: emotional tension and fear of speaking are the main triggers of the physical symptoms of stammering.

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Everyday life

How ESBS affects life

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Want to work on your speech?

Book a consultation. David will listen to your speech and tell you whether the method suits your case.

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For parents

Stammering in children

Stammering makes communication harder and can cause many problems later in life. Children who develop it should come under professional care as early as possible.

New Speech training with a child
Training is always matched to the child’s age and situation.

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“The most important step is to speak new speech at home, to immerse the child in it.”
Junior ESBS course: parents learn to become their child’s speech coach

Want to work on your speech?

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First step

Book a consultation with David

About 45 minutes, by video call. David listens to your speech and tells you honestly whether the New Speech method is right for you. You decide afterwards.

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