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From: Barbara Amster
Date: 16 Oct 2010
Time: 15:19:57 -0500
Remote Name: 71.185.64.106
Pam, many people experience the same phenomenon when they enter therapy. Their stuttering reduces in the therapy room. Many think that the reason for this is that when you are in therapy, you no longer have to hide your stuttering and paradoxically it appears to reduce. Obviously, it’s hard to study your stuttering when it doesn’t happen. Perhaps you can become more aware of your stuttering on your own. A good guide for how to do this can be found in Starkweather CW, Givens-Ackerman CR, Stuttering. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, 1997, which I believe I found on amazon.com for about a dollar recently. Their intervention based on “awareness, acceptance and change is very helpful.