Horizons of Voice Association
Who we are
We bring together people who stutter, their families and the professionals who work with them. We believe stuttering is not a problem to be hidden, but an experience one can live with openly and speaking their mind freely. We operate through workshops, support groups and counselling, with the aim of empowering people who stutter and offering practical help to parents of children who stutter. We are the only active association in Croatia helping people who stutter and their families.
What we do
We offer advice and support to people who stutter and to parents of children who stutter, and we hold regular workshops and in-person support groups. We organise training and events for professionals and for people who stutter, such as the ARTS® workshop and lecture. We connect families with speech-language pathologists across Croatia and support them up to their first conversation with a professional.
Why we launched this project
Parents regularly contact us looking for a speech-language pathologist who specialises in stuttering – and there are very few of them in Croatia. That is why we launched this project: to bring a contemporary therapy approach closer to professionals, to show people who stutter and their families that there is a way forward, and to connect them with speech-language pathologists across Croatia.
- To educate speech-language pathologists about a contemporary therapy approach to stuttering.
- To let people who stutter and parents know that there is a way forward.
- To raise awareness of stuttering in the wider community.
Founder of the association
Vesna Palaversa is a counselling therapist in body oriented psychotherapy, a person with stutter and mother of a child with stutter. It was this personal experience that inspired her wish to help people who stutter, as well as parents of children who stutter. In June 2025, she founded the Horizons of Voice association.
The association was created with the aim of connecting people who stutter, relieving their feelings of being alone, providing concrete support and raising awareness in the wider community. Vesna leads a support group for people who stutter, in collaboration with speech-language pathologist Petra Mihaljević, actively providing lectures for parents, preschool teachers and teachers, in which she speaks on the impact of parental reactions and emotional connection on a child’s speech from both personal and professional experience.
Become a member
Any person who stutters, or parent of a child who stutters, can become a member of Horizons of Voice. The annual membership fee is a symbolic €10, and you can join by sending an email to horizonsofvoice@gmail.com.
If you would like to register for the interactive ARTS lecture, be sure to mention that you need a promo code, as it is entered when buying the ticket and cannot be applied afterwards.
Contact and getting involved
Write to us via the contact form if you would like to get involved as a volunteer, share your experience or ask a question about stuttering.