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Therapy for stuttering: experimenting with experimenting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Margaret M Leahy  and
Geraldine Collins
Margaret M Leahy
Affiliation:
School of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College, Dublin
Geraldine Collins
Affiliation:
School of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College, Dublin
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Abstract

An account is given of an approach to group therapy for stuttering using Kelly's personal construct theory as a basis for exploring the understanding of stuttering and the process of change. All five clients who participated showed considerable improvement in fluency on the Riley Stuttering Severity Instrument. Although the improvement may be due to concurrent individual fluency therapy, feedback on the group sessions suggested that group therapy had a positive effect on personal behaviour and facilitated transfer and maintenance of speech fluency.

Keywords

stutteringgroup therapypersonal construct theorychange.
Type
Clinical and Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 37 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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