The Relevance of Cognitive Psychotherapy (CPT) in Stuttering Therapy

Margareta Lundskog and Ulrika Nettelbladt

Cognitive Psychotherapy (CPT) will be presented as a potential therapeutic tool in stuttering therapy. In CPT the therapist helps the client to transform his/her symptoms into problem areas. The ultimate goal is that the client will be able to cope with his/her problems in a more adequate and functional way. Written materials from therapeutic sessions with a large number of clients suffering from stuttering problems were analysed in order to disclose important themes and aspects of the therapeutic process. These findings suggest the potential usefulness of CPT in the treatment of emotional and behavioural problems as an effect of stuttering.