
Unspoken Words: A Selective Mutism Podcast by Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum
Hosted by Dr Elisa Shipon-Blum and Elisa Shipon-Blum · SMart Center
5.0from 47 ratings
- 101
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 47
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 86K
- YouTube views
About Unspoken Words: A Selective Mutism Podcast by Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum
Selective Mutism is more than “not talking”—and helping someone with SM starts with understanding why communication is difficult and what to do next. Welcome to Unspoken Words, the podcast dedicated to helping parents, educators, professionals, and individuals better understand and navigate Selective Mutism. Hosted by Dr. Elisa Shipon-Blum (Dr. E), a world-renowned Selective Mutism expert with more than 30 years of experience, each episode turns real-life challenges into practical guidance you can actually use. Contact Email: DrE@SMartCenter.us Website: www.SelectiveMutismCenter.org
- Publisher
- SMart Center
- Category
- health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 101 episodes have a transcript.

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From Silent at School to Rock Band at 16: A Parent’s Selective Mutism Story

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
BONUS EPISODE: Dr. E on Medication 💊

5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP84: Stop asking "why isn't my child talking?" and start asking this instead…
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From Silent at School to Rock Band at 16: A Parent’s Selective Mutism Story
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He can, you know, read all that or like look at books and stuff. And then she got to the verbal part and she said, I can't evaluate his speech because he's never spoken in school. And so that was a shock to me because he was very verbal at home, used very big words. And so I said, well, you mean he's never talked to you? And she's like, no, you haven't talked to anyone. So she actually said, have you ever heard the term selective mutism? And I hadn't heard that. And she said, we had another student that had that. So I went home and I Googled it and you came up and it was you were it was like a video with a boy and everything in that video was Lucas to a T. […]
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- 86,012
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 26 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 21 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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- 83
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 85
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Dr Elisa Shipon-Blum and Elisa Shipon-Blum host the show. Published by SMart Center.
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