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Have you ever wondered why most people who block or stutter do not stammer every single time that they speak? Indeed, most people who stammer are actually consistently fluent in certain contexts. When by themselves, speaking to a pet, or speaking to a person with whom they are very comfortable, they do speak fluently. This paradox has been a puzzle for people who stammer and for speak pathologists for many years. Now this remarkable publication offers a comple… More >>
Mastering Blocking And Stuttering: A Cognitive Approach to Achieving Fluency
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Add your commentVery interesting and useful book. I think it is a must read for people who stutter. You will get a completely different view and understanding on stutter. I think your speech will definitely improve after reading this book and applying methods from it. Also would be very useful for speech therapists.
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What this book will do for you:
1. Give you step by step information on how to side-step your stuttering / blocking habit. This is important – the book does not dwell on how to “solve” the problem of stuttering. Rather, it focusses on how to “form new habits” of fluency – thereby “forget” stuttering.
2. Concentrate on the cognitive aspects rather than the physiological aspects of the problem. Most stutteres believe that theirs is a cognital problem rather than something to do with their physical body. However, traditional stuttering therapy has mainly focussed on the physical aspects of the problem.
3. The book is well structured. It has easy language that any one can understand.
Overall – I would say this book is a breakthrough in mastering the art of fluency.
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This is a book rich with knowledge and insight into the minds of people who stutter. I highly recommend it for graduate students and Speech/Language Pathologists. Lori Melnitsky, MA Speech/Language Pathologist (and person who stutters)
Rating: 5 / 5
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Mastering Blocking And Stuttering: A Cognitive Approach to Achieving Fluency
I have long silently rated Bob Bodenhammer’s work and this book when I found it last year was a joy. Written in Bob’s professional and well practised manner, it not only looks at and discusses, blocking and stuttering, it also provides useful and appropriate solutions. Using the skills of Neuro Linguistic Programming to help reprogram thoughts and actions, even those well hidden ones it leads the user to a profound and lasting change. (I think only for use by the consummate professional to make the changes postively permanent). And still a useful book to indicate to the lay person how changes may be made.
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This is a contructive book for those who want to improve their speech! My speech has improved significantly when I effectively applied the principles written in this book. It is important for me to realise that stuttering is a learnt behaviour and there is hope for cure. What this book addresses is the fact that stutterers focus so much on what others would think of them rather than focus on what others say and the environment around. Like most stutterers, the fear of meeting new people and being in the middle of the attention i.e being asked of all sorts of questions can be freightening. I can now think of a few instances where this fear has diminished and I communicated near 100% fluency. I was able to look at the person asking me questions and not worrying about the other people standing around would think. When I was able to do that, I begin to step into the zone of how fluent people think.
Rating: 5 / 5
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