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From: Nichole Stasney - Graduate Student at MNSU, Mankato
Date: 02 Oct 2009
Time: 21:27:12 -0500
Remote Name: 74.47.42.230
Hi Pamela, First, I want to thank you for your enlightening contribution to this year's online conference. You have my utmost respect for reaching out and sharing your personal story; you have made many accomplishments and it is obvious you will have many more. I titled my post as "Many Thanks" because your article really helped me understand, even more, of the importance of the client-clinician relationship in stuttering therapy. As a graduate student, I am quickly learning that each person I work with is very unique in every single way. Each person comes to the therapy session with different goals, motivations, past experiences and on and on. It is fascinating to me because I have learned so much from my relationships with these people. I can actually feel myself growing in knowledge and passion for doing what I do because of that individual. You make a very clear and defining point when you say that it is important for the therapy goals to be mutually developed and that they are relevant to your life at that very moment. I couldn't agree with you more and your article will continue to remind me of this. In response to your thoughts on voluntary stuttering, I can relate to your thoughts on why this can be a great way to strengthen knowledge and understanding of what it feels like to stutter. I have completed voluntary stuttering projects in both my undergraduate and graduate years and I must say, although it was a difficult experience, it was a great one. I would like to ask your opinion on your thoughts about adults deciding to seek out therapy for their stuttering. You mentioned entering into therapy brought on initial anxiety. From your experiences with graduate students, what are some initial steps we can take that help reduce that anxiety in your own opinion? Our texts and readings give us great ideas, but it would be very interesting to hear your take on this. Thank you for your time and for sharing a litte of yourself- I truly enjoyed reading about you and your thoughts.