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From: Pam
Date: 22 Oct 2009
Time: 15:17:29 -0500
Remote Name: 163.153.6.70
I know this is the last day, but I had a good question on one of my papers from a student and wanted to see what "the profs" think of my answer. A student asked, based on my paper about what I have learned in therapy, if I thought it would make sense for clinicians to spend a couple sessions early on in treatment on attitudes and feelings rather than immediately assessing stuttering severity. I said yes!! I base this on my thought, that others may share, that exploring attitudes and feelings makes sense so that the client and clinician are on the same page and that the clincian is "treating the right thing". Like, if a client has a deep sense of shame about her stuttering, it might make more sesne to validate and support that and discuss desensitization ideas instead of measuring severity and going right into speech mechanics. Does that make sense? I think it speaks to acceptance on mnay levels, by both the client and clinician. Many thanks to all of you who so kindly and patiently answered many of my questions.