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From: Tim Mackesey
Date: 10/6/03
Time: 8:23:30 PM
Remote Name: 68.155.254.211
THis is a superb piece that honors a legend, a mentor, and a model.
I appreciate the mention of the "camps" and pedigrees.
There is a presuppostion that states : "THe map is not the territory." A road map does not do justice to the territory. Each camp has a map. They have their beliefs about stuttering onset, to therapy, to recovery criteria, and so on. Not one map does justice to stuttering as a whole. Not one camp offers shelter to all pws.
The three times I met Dean Williams had a hypnotic effect on me. Watching the SFA video of him in action also demonstrates a hypnotic effect on clients.
One day over lunch in Knoxville at an SFA workshop I asked mustered up the courage to ask: "Dr. Williams, what do think is the secret to overcoming stuttering?" He simply said : "Well, I'd want to know waht I was doing when I stuttered." I felt slighted at first. As I drove home to Atlanta it hit me. He meant before, during, and after the stutter. To examine the whole process.
Cheers, Tim Mackesey