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Self-therapy for the stutterer / by Malcolm Fraser.

Fraser, Malcolm. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0933388454
Physical Description: 192 pages ; 23 cm.
Edition: Tenth edition.
Publisher: Memphis, Tenn. : Speech Foundation of America, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 188) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

On Self-Therapy 11 -- On This Approach to Self-Therapy 13 -- Original Cause of Your Stuttering 18 -- Factors Affecting Therapy 19 -- Your Feelings and Emotions 19 -- Tension and Relaxation 21 -- Distractions 25 -- Enlisting the Support of Others 26 -- Premise and The Program 29 -- A Helpful Therapy Procedure 33 -- All Important Ground Rules 37 -- Talking Slowly and Deliberately 41 -- Stuttering Easily 42 -- Admitting That You Stutter 43 -- Eliminating Secondary Symptoms 45 -- Eliminating All Avoidances 46 -- Maintaining Eye Contact 48 -- Finding Out What You Do When You Stutter 49 -- Using Block Corrections 51 -- Moving Forward 52 -- Using Inflection 53 -- Listening to Your Fluent Speech 53 -- Talking All You Can 54 -- Voluntary Stuttering 72 -- Analyzing Your Blocks 107 -- Block Corrections 113 -- Post-Block Correction 115 -- In-Block Correction 121 -- Pre-Block Correction 123 -- Do You Get Discouraged? 129 -- Let's Review, What's Been Done 133 -- Where Are You--Conclusion 137 -- Self-Help Groups 144 -- On Breath Control 146 -- What Causes A Child To Stutter 147 -- Relevant and Interesting Quotations 151.