Tough Love and Other Shady Stuttering Practices, Then and Now

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Re: Desensitization Practices

From: Judy Duchan
Date: 10/14/02
Time: 10:19:24 PM
Remote Name: 129.44.141.224

Comments

HMMM. A difficult one. Who is being shady, you who isn't willing to put yourself in an embarrassing situation or your teacher who has asked you to do so? I remember having such an assignment many years ago and that I didn't follow through because I was too embarrassed! Look how long that situation has stayed with me (almost 40 years!) The way I resolved it was not to do it and not to ask my child clients to do it either! But that violates accepted practice in stuttering therapy.

Maybe one of our colleagues who are seasoned in such matters can reflect on this with us. Steve Hood--are you there? Judy Kuster--what do you think?


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