Different schools of therapy may use different names for these techniques.

Fear hierarchy: Although the scale may be slightly different for each person, a standard progression is to overcome the fear and anxiety that accompanies public speaking by starting with a therapist in a private room, then joining a therapy/support group of other stutterers. The person might next share some of what he learns with close family members and friends. Talking on the phone is often the next big hurdle, then talking in small, public groups.

Fillers: common non-words, such as "um" and "ah," that many people use when searching for a thought, but that stutterers come to rely on as crutches to hide their stuttering. During therapy, the stutterer and therapist have to differentiate between the two types of fillers.

Modeling: a teaching method during which a speech therapist acts out in her speech what she wants her client to imitate.

Monitoring: being aware of stuttering habits as they occur. In therapy, a client will raise a hand or finger to show the therapist he is aware that a stuttering behavior is taking place.

Pausing and phrasing: allows the stutterer to slow and control speech in a realistic manner. People who stutter do not usually allow for pausing and phrasing because they feel rushed to get out what they are trying to say for fear they will be cut off by an impatient listener.

Pull-out: Typically, a person who stutters repeats a letter, word or phrase in an attempt to get it out. When trying to say, "The dog is brown," even if the stumble word is "brown," the stutterer goes back and continues to repeat the sentence from the beginning in a process called re-trials (see next entry). During a pull-out, the client focuses on getting through the stumble word, in this example, holding on the b sound in brown until it can be pulled out to completion. The idea is to not pause, stop or go backward, but to continue the stutter in a controlled manner, slowing it down, making a deliberate effort to prolong the sound.

Re-trials: a crutch or trick a stutterer uses that has him moving backward on a letter, word or phrase, rather than taking a step forward and moving through the block. Becoming aware of crutches is a main thrust of therapy.

Sliding: a technique for focusing on the first letter in a word by easing into it. Therapists and clients do this intentionally. "Wwwwwwwhy did you take ttttttttttrombone lessons?" The letter is not repeated (that would look like t, t, t, t, t, t, trombone), it is held for longer than necessary to make the point that the speaker is aware and in control.

Voluntary stuttering: a method for reducing the fear of stuttering by practicing a deliberate stutter — in the privacy of therapy and in the outside world.