The King’s Speech goes beyond simply depicting speech therapist Lionel Logue’s successful treatment of King George IV of England. It stands for two much larger ideas: adult pathology often has childhood origins; and treatment should emphasize such factors as a strong therapeutic alliance, practice at new behaviors, familial cooperation, knowledge of others with this problem, and play or fun in therapy. The movie is used as a backdrop for the discussion of current therapy for stammering and stuttering, what childhood psychopathology may follow from speech problems, and how the King’s film therapy resembles 21st century play therapy.