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From: Charlie Healey on behalf of Bryan
Date: 05 Oct 2011
Time: 11:32:10 -0500
Remote Name: 129.93.227.150
I asked Bryan to answer the question about what strategies he has stuck with and those he let go of through the process of therapy. He said that what has worked best for him are easy onsets of phonation and light articulatory contacts. He was taught pullouts and cancellation techniques but those did seem to be as helpful so he stuck with fluency enhancing techniques. He also added that using any strategy is like going into a big game, which is analogous to going into a difficult speaking situation. Players get ready for a game and speakers are nervous an on edge prior to the event. What he does to get ready for a speaking situation to use positive self-talk and over time has had a change in perspective that a situation was once a big deal but now isn't after all. He reported too that he has forced himself into increasingly more complex speaking situations as a way to keep testing his speech skills and technique use.