What Marty Jezer Taught Me About Counseling People Who Stutter

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Counseling comment and advice

From: LC
Date: 21 Oct 2009
Time: 13:02:50 -0500
Remote Name: 65.215.114.186

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“I would expect my therapist to accept the personal goals I set for myself, accept the lifestyle I wanted to lead, and support the way I wanted to be in the world. (If my goals, in the therapist's view, were antisocial or self-destructive, I would want the therapist to guide me toward that conclusion rather than force me to accept arbitrary goals that were not of my choosing.)" This statement really hit home for me. As a graduate student in Speech-Language Path. sometimes we get so overly focused on things in the many directions we are pulled in. We sometimes come up with goals and objectives we think are important without acknowledging/asking for the input of our clients. When it comes down to it, if a client doesn't agree with/help develop the goals set forth--what good are they? I've yet to work with a person who stutters in clinic. Any advice for the beginning clinician?


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