Can a Fluent Stuttering Therapist be as Good as a Stuttering Fluency Therapist?

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Personal Experience

From: Sara Robinson (UNC Graduate Student)
Date: 09 Oct 2008
Time: 11:05:08 -0500
Remote Name: 138.86.186.167

Comments

The title of this post really caught my eye. I am a graduate student with hearing loss, and I wear hearing aids, so I found this article interesting to read. I very much agree with both authors that establishing and maintaining the client-clinician relationship is the most important. I work with several deaf/hard of hearing clients, some know about my hearing loss and some don't. If I feel it will increase my effectiveness as a therapist, I let my clients know, if not, I don't feel the need to mention it. I've had several clients notice my hearing aids, and this opens the door to explain that I have to work on my listening too, similar to them. Overall, I don't think a clinicians personal "communication challenges" matter so much as how that clinician chooses to use those challenges to enhance therapy.


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