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From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 08 Oct 2009
Time: 08:17:59 -0500
Remote Name: 64.12.116.136
[[This was an amazing article!! I really liked thinking about yourself and being flawed and the emotions that go along with it. Then later thinking of just yourself and how different it is!! I truly feel more confident after reading this article. It has definitely made me think to focus on the "bigger picture." Now about the meditation is that something that is recommended in therapy? I have never heard of incorporating it in therapy, but it is a great idea. Also, does this occur more with adults, or do children participate too?]] I'm glad you found doing the two visualizations cemented into your bones the power of beliefs, in particular how differently we think, act, and feel when we believe we are flawed contrasted with how we think, act, and feel when we believe we are OK. >>> You asked about incorporating meditation into therapy for children and adults. First of all let me say that children can meditate. You may want to read a book by the well-known meditation teacher, poet, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh entitled, Happiness, to learn of his many experiences teaching children to meditate. This is good background for deciding for yourself whether or not and how to incorporate meditation into therapy with children For adults, I would recommend the practice to adults who wanted to systematically learn through direct experience to become increasingly aware of their thoughts, feelings, emotions, and actions and who were willing to commit indefinitely to actually meditating without time-table based expectations for outcome. Then I would encourage them to keep a journal of their daily practice. What they learn experientially through meditating about focus, concentration, and insight could be increasingly applied to therapy activities and their carry-over to daily life. Unless, I was a meditation teacher, which I am not, I would not teach meditation in therapy. >>> Well, hopefully this will help you to continue to consider the benefits of meditation to daily life including addressing stuttering problems. --- Ellen-Marie Silverman