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Date: 10 Oct 2006
Time: 15:10:50 -0500
Remote Name: 208.120.12.73
Dear Ellen-Marie Silverman, Hi, my name is Kelly and I am a Speech Language Pathology Masters student at New York University. I agree with you that a person's beliefs may influence our experiances. I noticed that one needs to be able to recognize even sub-conscious beliefs in order to cultivate personal change by asking why. You overcame your fear, which was affecting your stuttering, by shenpa practice, which I interpreted as "act, dont react" in stressful situations. It wasn't until after that you discovered that your misguided belief that you did not practice this technique led you to react this way. But how can one practice this without being in these types of situations? I agree that if a person who stutters viewed it not as a burden, but as a "gift" that person would be happier with who they are and therefore in life in general. Are you suggesting that this method of acknowledging beliefs can help a person to overcome stuttering and speak fluent? I think that teaching a client this method or theory will give them a sense of control over their therapy and stuttering which can only positively affect them. Therefore I think this chould be taught to clients integrated with other therapy methods. Thanks for your time and for sharing your experiance with me! Sincerely, Kelly F.