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From: Gary J. Rentschler
Date: 18 Oct 2012
Time: 12:31:28 -0500
Remote Name: 165.190.57.240
I'm an SLP who stutters. I elected speech therapy because I thought it offered me the most control of the problem with the least "side effects". I didn't start therapy until I graduated from college. I wasn't interested taking medications, getting hypothesized, or using devices.. that's a personal choice for every client, but the critical element for me was that I would be responsible, not something "external"... if I had to place my trust in something, I knew I could trust myself. The hard part was it took a long time.. the things I was asked to do (like stutter on purpose) were very hard -- not physically, but psychologically -- but those were the things that resulted in permanent change. Speech therapy is a harder road to take, but I think offers the best result -- my opinion. I still stutter, but I can't say that it keeps me from doing anything (including making fool of myself, but no because I stutter!). Best, Gary