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From: Pamela Mertz
Date: 01 Oct 2008
Time: 09:01:08 -0500
Remote Name: 163.153.6.145
I am interested in learning more about how SLPs are trained to help the covert stutterer. I have been covert for most of my adult life, and only recently starting talking about my stuttering experience. I have learned from attending self-help and the NSA conferences that the covert experience is quite unique, and sometimes scary, to a new clinician. My baggage is often quite heavy, and sometimes it seems like the emotional stuff is what should be handled, as opposed to speech mechanics stuff. In the expert's opinion, what is the most important piece in establishing an effective therapeutic relationship with a covert stutterer? Thanks! Pam