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From: Greg Snyder
Date: 01 Oct 2009
Time: 16:42:59 -0500
Remote Name: 130.74.194.77
It sounds like you're essentially asking, "How can I better control secondary stuttering behaviors (such as tension, etc)." As the previous reply suggests, fluency shaping really doesn't address this type of issue. Instead, it has faith that if you won't "stutter" at all, then secondaries cease to be a problem. In any event, it's been my personal and clinical experience that the best way to address secondary behaviors (and avoidances) is through desensitization training and basic stuttering modification tools (like volitional stuttering, negative practice, bouncing, stretching, etc). Additionally, some drugs have been found to reduce the severity if the overt stuttering moment, should you be interested in that route.