SLP who stutters AND has spasmodic dysphonia

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Question about your inspiring testimony

From: Ronica Reid
Date: 21 Oct 2011
Time: 11:21:27 -0500
Remote Name: 152.30.155.49

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Ms. Bullard, I would first like to say how truly inspiring your testimony is to me. You faced dual speech and vocal struggles, and it is always motivating when I hear how any person can overcome challenges and ultimately enlighten others through their personal experiences. You shared how you were able to release emotions (as guilt, fear, avoidance, denial, coping, etc.) to help you find your way through your challenges. You also shared how the Fluency Shaping program did not provide this opportunity, and I’ve recently learned that Stuttering Modification programs on the other end of the continuum do allow opportunities to address these emotional components to therapy. As a graduate student, in my second semester of clinical experience, I have been taught and I also value a clinician’s role in assisting clients through their personal constructs (how they view themselves and the world). These constructs greatly impact self-esteem and progression throughout intervention. Because you have experienced both sides of the clinician-client relationship, what is the best advice you have to offer in terms of clinicians creating that “magical moment” to help a client in shifting/transforming their own personal constructs to obtain the best value throughout the intervention process?


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