Table 1.

General Discussion Topics

  • Taking Risks
  • Dropping your "shoulds"
  • Positive seIf-talk
  • Making your choices
  • Being in the present
  • Exercising your rights and responsibilities
  • Changing with change
  • Self-acceptance
  • Becoming decisive
  • The benefits of stuttering or being a stutterer
  • Seeking support
  • Letting go of:
  • Exploring protective mechanisms of:
  • Developing the 1, 2, 3's of assertive behavior:
    1. Use an empathy statement
    2. State what you want
    3. Suggest an outcome to the other person
  • Dealing with anger in four steps:
    1. Stop
    2. Identity the anger
    3. Clarify/stick to the issue
    4. State your position
  • Defining "effort" personally