The Challenge of Change: Therapists’ Dilemmas

Carolyn Cheasman and Rachel Everard

This paper will describe the process of change underlying the introduction of an integrated approach to adult stammering therapy into a programme which had hitherto been exclusively ‘stammer more fluently’ based. The rationale for the change will be given and some preliminary findings presented. We shall refer back to the history of adult stammering therapy in the UK and aim to share some of the dilemmas we faced when making such a significant change. (The presenters are highly experienced therapists working in the field of stammering and both stammer themselves.)