Covert Stuttering: Coming Out Of The Closet

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Re: Covert Stuttering

From: Jill Douglass
Date: 11 Oct 2012
Time: 16:52:06 -0500
Remote Name: 130.123.104.22

Comments

Hi Janet, The topic of covert stuttering does not fit in any nice and tidy box and that can be frustrating as professionals! The only people who can tell us if they are successful and happy are the two clients you presented. What is true success? What is true happiness? These are huge questions that consider the state of mind in the moment, I would imagine. Plexico, Manning and DiLollo [J. Of Flu. Dis (2005) 30(1): 1-22] wrote an article covering the concept of “What do client’s consider as successful stuttering management?” This type of research can give us a perspective of what successful therapy is. Keep in mind success can be seen in small steps/short term goals (e.g. disclosing stuttering to mom), not only looking at the huge picture/long term goal (e.g. Is this person saying what they want to say when they want to say it, even if they stutter?). Yes, it would be ideal of the individual sticks with us through their whole journey to reach their long-term goal but, alas, that would be clinician centered. Helping our clients discover themselves and know their resources are possibly the most empowering of tools. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. –Jill (j.douglass@massey.ac.nz)


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