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From: Scott Palasik
Date: 18 Oct 2010
Time: 11:33:27 -0500
Remote Name: 131.95.172.211
Jennifer, Hi! Thanks for writing again... Jennifer, Hi! Thanks for writing again... You are two great questions. The first question about caseload is very hard to answer. It is challenging because each state regulates this part of our field: number of clients, the type of setting, how to determine severity of clients, frequency of seeing clients, etc. So as you can see, the number of client on a caseload may not be the important number as much as how often we see those clients and what is their severity. What we can say is that you can be an advocate for your clients and families by providing as much therapy as you can ethically and voicing your thoughts on helping them the best you can. That is a vague answer, I know, however at the end of the day you can only do your best. Just like when you counsel parents, you can’t tell them what to think, they can only do what they want to do and have the power to do. We can only guide the best we can, the rest is up to them. I wish I could give you a number, I truly do, however that would be unfair… To answer your second questions, Jaime and I are developing a counseling program for stuttering from the philosophies of contextual psychology and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). We don't have anything formal yet (as this is the first time this has been applied to stuttering clients that we know of here in America. However you can learn more about ACT on the following website: http://contextualpsychology.org/ Have a wonderful day!!! Keep asking questions if you like and giving your thoughts, it is great to have a conversation with people, you can learn so much on both sides! Scott