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From: Ken Logan
Date: 13 Oct 2010
Time: 13:32:20 -0500
Remote Name: 128.227.105.141
I agree with everything that Ken and Walt said, and just will add that stuttering therapy is, in some ways, not too different from what's involved with some other activities that involve long-term goals (e.g., weight loss, fitness training). There are highs and lows, and it really helps to have someone there (a clinician) to guide you, push you, encourage you, challenge you, hold you accountable, etc..., and it also helps to have access to other people who are dealing with similar changes. Support groups, internet discussion groups, and so forth can provide an individual client with a support network that helps him or her keep pushing at those times when it would be easier to just quit! And sometimes people may quit...but that doesn't necessarily mean that they quit forever. I can think of several people who returned (voluntarily!) to the therapy process after taking some "time off" and at that point, really made very significant strides toward reaching their goals.