Advantages of a Self Help Group

 

1.    Meeting other stammerers;
2.    Encouragement from other stammerers;
3.    Knowing you are not alone;
4.    Hearing of other therapies and seeing them in use;
5.    Talking about your therapy and practicing it;
6.    Generally exchanging ideas;
7.    Being able to address several people, up to the whole group;
8.    Gaining more confidence in speaking and social situations;
9.    Having people to practice with the telephone;
10.    Engaging in role play (Interviews etc);
11.    If the group is set up for ‘exchanging jobs around the group’, experience in carrying out new job functions;
12.    Starting or continuing to desensitize you by stammering freely, until you switch in to ‘speaking tools’ mode;
13.    With luck, easy access at meetings to a trained and / or under training Speech Language professional;
14.    Equal voice in shaping the direction of the group;
15.    Possibility of asking for talks from professionals;
16.    Occasional meetings with other groups;
17.    Inviting others (employers / police / government representatives etc.) to meetings to hear first
hand about your problems and how you cope;
18.    Inviting local media to see and hear your experiences;
19.    All these things will build your own self image, and start to deal with emotional baggage many stammerers have;
20.    The meetings can be both fun and enjoyable, with you enjoying speaking.

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