mo885
01-24-2006, 10:03 PM
Hi everyone, I just wanted to say hi I just found this forum and have enjoyed reading the posts. I am a 20 and have only stuttered since I was 15.
I am in college right now studying nursing. Its even more important now that I become more fluent because nurses are constantly using the phone (calling doctors, family members, other departments).
I have started getting speech therapy for a semester at the clinic at my school. I am continuing for the spring semester even though it didnt help me and it in fact made me worse. I think I was worse because I was constantly thinking about it.
This semester she wants to try a different program. The little she described it to be it definetely made me not like it. The book moves from single words and then progresses. There are no skills you are expected to do you just read down the lists of words and whenever you stutter they are suppose to say "remember you are here to be fluent, try it again." Has anyone else heard of this kind of approach or used it?
I find it sort of insulting, implying that I can control how I speak.
They guy that came up with this program supposedly has "cured" almost everyone that has tried it. He gave the books out for free to speech pathologists at a conference along with his phone number because he wants to talk to the speech pathologist as they are trying it with their clients.
In our sessions last semester they really pushed me to talk about emotions and that kind of things. I completely advoided it. Sure it effects me socially and upsets me, but I don't feel like its something that needs to be discussed with them. She cls that some people improve just after talking about their stuttering. I find that very unlikely I want to work on talking not on my feelings.
Has anyone benefited from therapy, and if so what kind?
Thanks for any advice anyone has, and I look forward to meeting the people here.
I am in college right now studying nursing. Its even more important now that I become more fluent because nurses are constantly using the phone (calling doctors, family members, other departments).
I have started getting speech therapy for a semester at the clinic at my school. I am continuing for the spring semester even though it didnt help me and it in fact made me worse. I think I was worse because I was constantly thinking about it.
This semester she wants to try a different program. The little she described it to be it definetely made me not like it. The book moves from single words and then progresses. There are no skills you are expected to do you just read down the lists of words and whenever you stutter they are suppose to say "remember you are here to be fluent, try it again." Has anyone else heard of this kind of approach or used it?
I find it sort of insulting, implying that I can control how I speak.
They guy that came up with this program supposedly has "cured" almost everyone that has tried it. He gave the books out for free to speech pathologists at a conference along with his phone number because he wants to talk to the speech pathologist as they are trying it with their clients.
In our sessions last semester they really pushed me to talk about emotions and that kind of things. I completely advoided it. Sure it effects me socially and upsets me, but I don't feel like its something that needs to be discussed with them. She cls that some people improve just after talking about their stuttering. I find that very unlikely I want to work on talking not on my feelings.
Has anyone benefited from therapy, and if so what kind?
Thanks for any advice anyone has, and I look forward to meeting the people here.