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From: Scott
Date: 12 Oct 2012
Time: 23:41:46 -0500
Remote Name: 208.54.15.146
Hi Renee - Thanks for your post. Hope is a tremendously important component of the therapy process. The question is, what is one hoping for? If one is hoping for 'perfect' fluency or 'normal' fluency or a cure, then it is understandable that people might feel diminished hope. If, on the other hand, one is looking for 'improved fluency' or 'effective communication' or 'the ability to say whatever you want to say without being held back by stuttering,' then there is significant hope. These are valid and valuable outcomes from therapy...and as SLPs start to see what the benefits of appropriate therapy can be, they often begin to feel a greater sense of hope for these positive outcomes. Our clients feel it, too! Overcoming our fears often leads to a sense of hope... "Fear is the mind-killer" - and the hope killer. (Bonus points for anybody who can name the rather obvious reference ;-). And, yes, I am that big of a geek. S