About Brenda Carey
Brenda Carey is the founder and director of the Brenda Carey Speech Pathology. Brenda completed her PhD after being awarded a scholarship from the Australian Stuttering Research Centre (ASRC), where her research concerned telepractice delivery of the Camperdown Program for adults who stutter. She now consults by telepractice with people around the world of all ages who stutter, enabling them to access evidence-based practice.
During her career Brenda has used a range of therapy approaches. The successful outcomes she saw when her clients were treated with the Lidcombe program led her to joining the Lidcombe program trainers consortium and publishing research about that program. Brenda is a co-author of the Lidcombe Program Treatment Guide and Camperdown Program Treatment Guide.
As a member of the Lidcombe Program Trainers Consortium and the Camperdown Program Trainers Consortium, Brenda presents workshops to speech pathologists in Australia and internationally. She has trained more than a thousand speech pathologists in the Lidcombe and Camperdown programs in Australia, Singapore, Canada, and Israel. In Japan alone she is responsible for having trained 450 speech pathologists in the Lidcombe Program.
Brenda is an Honorary Associate at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. She is engaged in clinical research, treatment development, mentoring clinicians and providing second opinions. She has published her research in several international journals, including collaborative research with colleagues in the US, Canada, France and Japan. She has also worked as a clinical educator for speech pathology students in clinics at La Trobe University and the Melbourne University.
Brenda was a keynote speaker at the Oxford Dysfluency Conference in 2014 and at the International Conference on Stuttering in Rome in 2015. In 2018, Brenda presented a paper at the 3rd International Conference on Stuttering in Rome and in 2019 she was an invited presenter at the Japan Society of Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders Conference (JSSFD). She is the Convenor of the Victorian Stuttering Interest Group, which provides support and professional development for speech pathologists.
Brenda remains passionate about continuing her own education about stuttering, with the aim of bringing the best of what she learns to her clients and her team.
Brenda consults with clients on Mondays only.
Brenda's most recent research publications:
Johnson, G., Onslow, M., Carey, B., Jones, M. and Kefalianos, E. (2024). Lidcombe Program telehealth treatment for children 6–12 years of age: A Phase II trial, Journal of Fluency Disorders, Advanced online publication.
Santayana G., Carey B., & Shenker R.C. (2021). No other choice: Speech-Language Pathologists' attitudes toward using telepractice to administer the Lidcombe Program during a pandemic. Journal of Fluency Disorders. Advanced online publication.
Lefort, M.K.R., Erickson, S., Block, S., Carey, B & St. Louis, K.O. (2021) Australian attitudes towards stuttering: a cross-sectional study, Journal of Fluency Disorders, in publication, Advance online publication.
Yandeau, E., Carey, B., & Onslow, M. (2021). The Lidcombe Program: A client report 7 years post-treatment. Speech, Language and Hearing, in publication, Advance online publication.
Carey, B., Onslow, M., & O'Brian, S. (2020). Natural recovery from stuttering for a clinical cohort of pre-school children who received no treatment. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication.
During her career Brenda has used a range of therapy approaches. The successful outcomes she saw when her clients were treated with the Lidcombe program led her to joining the Lidcombe program trainers consortium and publishing research about that program. Brenda is a co-author of the Lidcombe Program Treatment Guide and Camperdown Program Treatment Guide.
As a member of the Lidcombe Program Trainers Consortium and the Camperdown Program Trainers Consortium, Brenda presents workshops to speech pathologists in Australia and internationally. She has trained more than a thousand speech pathologists in the Lidcombe and Camperdown programs in Australia, Singapore, Canada, and Israel. In Japan alone she is responsible for having trained 450 speech pathologists in the Lidcombe Program.
Brenda is an Honorary Associate at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre. She is engaged in clinical research, treatment development, mentoring clinicians and providing second opinions. She has published her research in several international journals, including collaborative research with colleagues in the US, Canada, France and Japan. She has also worked as a clinical educator for speech pathology students in clinics at La Trobe University and the Melbourne University.
Brenda was a keynote speaker at the Oxford Dysfluency Conference in 2014 and at the International Conference on Stuttering in Rome in 2015. In 2018, Brenda presented a paper at the 3rd International Conference on Stuttering in Rome and in 2019 she was an invited presenter at the Japan Society of Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders Conference (JSSFD). She is the Convenor of the Victorian Stuttering Interest Group, which provides support and professional development for speech pathologists.
Brenda remains passionate about continuing her own education about stuttering, with the aim of bringing the best of what she learns to her clients and her team.
Brenda consults with clients on Mondays only.
Brenda's most recent research publications:
Johnson, G., Onslow, M., Carey, B., Jones, M. and Kefalianos, E. (2024). Lidcombe Program telehealth treatment for children 6–12 years of age: A Phase II trial, Journal of Fluency Disorders, Advanced online publication.
Santayana G., Carey B., & Shenker R.C. (2021). No other choice: Speech-Language Pathologists' attitudes toward using telepractice to administer the Lidcombe Program during a pandemic. Journal of Fluency Disorders. Advanced online publication.
Lefort, M.K.R., Erickson, S., Block, S., Carey, B & St. Louis, K.O. (2021) Australian attitudes towards stuttering: a cross-sectional study, Journal of Fluency Disorders, in publication, Advance online publication.
Yandeau, E., Carey, B., & Onslow, M. (2021). The Lidcombe Program: A client report 7 years post-treatment. Speech, Language and Hearing, in publication, Advance online publication.
Carey, B., Onslow, M., & O'Brian, S. (2020). Natural recovery from stuttering for a clinical cohort of pre-school children who received no treatment. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Advance online publication.
