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From: Scott
Date: 19 Oct 2012
Time: 14:32:00 -0500
Remote Name: 108.17.124.241
Hi Derek - thanks for your post...I guess the first question I'd be wondering about is WHY she uses the interjections. Are they an avoidance strategy? (This is likely.) If so, then I'd be working on reducing anxiety/fear/shame - whatever it is that's leading to the avoidance. I'd be using pseudostuttering or voluntary stuttering to minimize her tendency and desire to avoid, and I'd want to help HER learn to catch those interjections so she can modify them. Of course, I say this like it is all easy to do - these are some of the toughest things to do in therapy... BUT, if that's where the heart of the problem is (and in all likelihood, it seems like that's the case), then it makes sense to focus there. Does that help? Good luck! S