Mastering Blocking & Stuttering: A Cognitive Approach to Achieving Fluency
"If you can speak fluently in just one context, you can learn to speak fluently in all contexts."
L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.
Meta Reflections 2011 – #16
April 5, 2011
A Practical Application regard Semantic Reactions
The very first time that Bob Bodenhamer and I used The Matrix Model to model was the experience of speaking dis-fluency called “stuttering.” I initiated that as I had followed the work of speech pathologist, Wendell Johnson. In his book, People in Quandaries, he wrote a chapter about several American Indian tribes …
By Bobby G Bodenhamer, D. Min.
First Published: “European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis”
Abstract
Bernard-thomas Hartman, Ph.D., FAAMD
I have stuttered, while speaking, and to varying degrees, most of my adult life. Largely due to this fact, I’ve spent the bulk of my career studying speech pathology and psychology. I’m now a retired university professor, and would like to take this opportunity to pass on to you something that I’ve learned about stuttering, and articulate a particular approach to …
By Bobby Bodenhamer, D.Min.
In Part I we learned:
By Bobby Bodenhamer, D.Min.
Why is it that I can speak fluently when I am by myself but as soon as I go out into public, I start blocking? Obviously, you know how to speak fluent for there are times you do it. Indeed, for most PWS, there are times that they do it consistently. Then again, there are times that you block and you usually do that consistently in …
