Counseling Principles: Integrate Emotional/Cognitive Components to Stuttering Tx

Chronic communication disorders, such as stuttering, have associated emotional components that affect treatment outcome. As SLPs, developing counseling skills must be an integral part of our training. Therapy approaches must integrate cognitive and emotional components to create an effective treatment model. Counseling plays a key role in this process. Families are instrumental in providing support to children and adults who stutter. They also bring complex emotions to the therapeutic process that must be integrated into the therapy dynamics.Cognitive behavior therapies have become more integrated into treatment protocols. In particular, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has become a crucial component to guide clinicians in helping the client understand and navigate the complex emotions that accompany stuttering and the treatment of stuttering. This course will discuss protocols to help clients become agents of change in their communication while effectively addressing their thoughts and feelings about their chronic speech disorder.

Related Courses:
Stuttering Conference Part 1: Treating Children, Teens, and Adults Who Stutter From a Holistic Perspective
Stuttering Conference Part 2: Counseling Principles: Integrate Emotional/Cognitive Components to Stuttering Tx
Stuttering Conference Part 3: Community-Centered Stuttering Assessment and Treatment
Stuttering Conference Part 4: Breaking Away from the Fluent Lens: Using Scaling & Challenges to Empower Kids