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:
- Worry
- Sarcasm
- Catastrophizing
- Judging
- Helplessness
- Depression
- Denial
- Blaming and rationalizing
- Resistance
Developing the 1, 2, 3's of assertive behavior:
- Use an empathy statement
- State what you want
- Suggest an outcome to the other person
Dealing with anger in four steps:
- Stop
- Identity the anger
- Clarify/stick to the issue
- State your position
Defining "effort" personally
- Assessing resctions/non-reactions of others objectively
- Dealing with biases
- Taking your time/perceiving time elapse periods
- Being less than "perfect"
- Who am I?