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From: Walt Manning
Date: 01 Oct 2009
Time: 16:02:11 -0500
Remote Name: 141.225.97.59
Mario, There are many good studies in counseling and psychotherapy indicating that many approaches are equally helpful in bring about successful change for people with a wide variety of problems. The most essential thing has to do with the quality of the therapist or clinician rather than the particular therapeutic protocol. In the last few years studies are beginning to be published that have found the same thing in the area of stuttering. One result of these findings is that people are better off looking for an experienced and wise therapist/clinician than they are in looking for a particular "brand" of therapy. Factors such as the experience and competence of the clinician and the quality of the therapeutic alliance - two people working together in a collaborative, healthy and trusting manner - are more influential than the treatment protocol. Finding that person, of course, is the tricky but essential thing.