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From: Ed Feuer
Date: 10/8/03
Time: 2:37:05 AM
Remote Name: 142.161.177.22
There are problems. The best type of stuttering self-help group is one whose members have experienced the same kind of therapy — where people are reading off the same page so to speak.
When this is not the case, these groups are more prone to churning. By churning I refer to a situation where people who've never had therapy come out for a look-see. Expecting stuttering therapy and not finding it, they never return. That's why such groups often never get bigger than a core membership.
As for the professionals, the saddest situation occurs when people in private practice come around trolling for customers rather than offering constructive ways to help the group.