Managing Reconstruction in an Adult with Idiopathic Stammering

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stewart, Trudy

Affiliations: Speech & Language Therapy Department, St. James’s Hospital, Leeds, UK

Abstract: This paper focuses on the psychological issues arising from late onset of stammering in adults. These issues are discussed firstly in relation to one female client, a student nurse who began stammering at the age of 21. In the second part of the paper the management of the psychological issues is considered and a number of guidelines are proposed for clinicians within a personal construct psychology framework.

Keywords: stammering, idiopathic, adults, psychology, intervention

DOI: 10.3233/ACS-1997-7105

Journal: Journal of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 34-42, 1997