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From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 17 Oct 2006
Time: 05:40:54 -0500
Remote Name: 152.163.100.65
Hello, Lianne: You are the second Lianne I have "met" named "Lianne." The first was a native of France who came to American following marriage to a GI during WW II, was a fabulous cook, and started a cooking school, restaurant, and mail order business. Very clever, successful woman! You seem to be a passionate person as well in your desire to help others. >>> Regarding stuttering therapy, I do not believe one must choose between, as you put it, core behaviors and secondary ones, for example. Remember: When you work with consumers, i.e., clients, you don't do therapy to them, you do therapy with them, so they should have an input on all they participate in with you. Also, unless they have a good body sense or unless you are blessed with a variety of biofeedback equipment, working on more subtle behavioral manifestations, such as facial tension, may not be so successful. Insight meditation may be helpful to develop body awareness, as might Hatha Yoga experience. All I want to say to you at this point is that successful therapy involves the client to the max, not just as a responder to what you present but as a colleague where their input regarding wishes, methods, timeline, etc. are given as much weight as yours and addresses both behavior and beliefs. Finally, I personally favor goals and methods that focus on speaking rather than on NOT stuttering since people develop stuttering problems by trying to not stutter, so concentrating on helping them to NOT stutter only becomes self-defeating. Speaking when and whereever desired, attending to the presentation of content and listening well to participants make very reasonable, effective goals where success isn't necessarily measured by how much or how little the consumer stutters. Good Luck, Lianne. Ellen-Marie Silverman