How Beliefs and Self-Image Can Influence Stuttering

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A deeper Issue

From: Katie Kirk
Date: 20 Oct 2009
Time: 09:24:23 -0500
Remote Name: 152.30.58.162

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Hello. My name is Katie Kirk and I am a graduate student from Western Carolina University. Currently, I am studying fluency disorders in the SLP Graduate program. In class we have discussed the covert issues that go along with the overt characteristics of stuttering. I believe that until the covert issues can be resolved and addressed, the overt characteristics will not diminish. How strongly do you feel the thoughts, feelings, depression, anxiety need to be addressed before introducing ways to decrease the overt stuttering characteristics?

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