Jean-Luc Alder is a provisional psychologist in Melbourne, in the final year of a Master of Psychology (Clinical), with training in CBT and ACT. He has stuttered since he was five.

Jean-Luc Alder is a provisional psychologist in Melbourne, in the final year of a Master of Psychology (Clinical), with training in CBT and ACT. He has stuttered since he was five. Years of childhood speech therapy didn’t stick, but at 21 an intensive stuttering programme changed his life, and he now coaches others through it. Before psychology he studied philosophy and music, and he has spent years on crisis and grief support lines with Lifeline and Griefline. He researches meditation and nature, and volunteers with Australia’s professional association for psychedelic practitioners, working on safe and ethical practice. Jean-Luc talks openly about fear, confidence, social anxiety, the philosophy of mind, and what it takes to speak up when every instinct says hide.