Christopher Anderson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a person who stutters in the high stress world of being an intelligence analyst and how training and completing an Ironman triathlon relates to stuttering and thriving as a person who stutters.
CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, 28 years old, joins us from the Washington, DC area. He works for a government agency as an intelligence analyst and is an aspiring writer, triathlete and person who stutters. He recently completed a fundraising and stuttering awareness effort for the National Stuttering Association through his completion of an Ironman triathlon. Christopher is also in the process of writing a memoir on stuttering. He enjoys spending time with his family, fiance, Maria and dog, Auggie. Contact Christopher at: cjander47@gmail.com.
Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss fluency and stuttering and the freedom of speech versus the prison of technique.
ROBERT QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor emeritus of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, an advisor to StutterTalk and and author of the chapter The Person Who Stutters as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the book Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom, published by StutterTalk.
Reuben Schuff joins Peter Reitzes to discuss how much time should you spend working on stuttering. This is the fourth episode in this series.
REUBEN SCHUFF is an aerospace engineer from Raleigh North Carolina, and is a person who stutters. He works on helicopter vibration dynamics during the days but keeps his evening and weekend devoted to several non profits. He is a co-leader of the TWST (teen’s who stutter) National Stuttering Association chapter Raleigh, NC. Reuben contributed the chapter Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend in the StutterTalk book: Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.
Joe Klein joins Peter Reitzes to discuss how much time should you spend working on stuttering. This is the third episode in this series.
JOSEPH F KLEIN, Ph.D, CCC-SLP is a person who stutters and an assistant professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Klein is the author of numerous papers and articles including his chapter Stuttering: The Great Paradox in the book Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom, published by StutterTalk.
Joe Klein may be contacted via email at kleinjf@appstate.edu.
Robert “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss how much time should you spend working on stuttering.
Here is a little background to today’s episode. Recently on StutterTalk, Episode 455, the B Team discussed what they referred to as “the hypothetical (and entirely unrealistic) question, ‘How many hours a day would you put into working on your stuttering if that work guaranteed a cure for your stuttering?’” On today’s episode, we put fluency aside for a moment and ask, How much time a day should you work on acceptance of stuttering, stuttering openly, stuttering differently, educating family and friends about stuttering and being open about stuttering?
ROBERT QUESAL, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, an advisor to StutterTalk and and author of the chapter The Person Who Stutters as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the book Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom, published by StutterTalk.
Nora A. O’Connor joins Peter Reitzes to discuss how much time should you spend working on stuttering. Nora discusses what the real goals of speech therapy should be: living a meaningful and self-assured life in which we communicate effectively.
Here is a little background to today’s episode. Recently on StutterTalk, Episode 455, the B Team discussed what they referred to as “the hypothetical (and entirely unrealistic) question, ‘How many hours a day would you put into working on your stuttering if that work guaranteed a cure for your stuttering?’” On today’s episode, we put fluency aside for a moment and ask, How much time a day should you work on acceptance of stuttering, stuttering openly, stuttering differently, educating family and friends about stuttering and being open about stuttering?
NORA A O’CONNOR is a licensed clinical social worker in California, a person who stutters, an adviser to StutterTalk and author of the chapter Substance Abuse and Stuttering in the book Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom, published by StutterTalk. Nora has been involved locally and nationally with self help organizations for people who stutter for over 15 years. Nora works in private practice where she facilitates a self-esteem therapy group for children and teens who stutter, teaching anxiety management, confidence building and radical acceptance.
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
27 Aug 2014
Thriving with Stuttering (Ep. 466)
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Christopher Anderson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a person who stutters in the high stress world of being an intelligence analyst and how training and completing an Ironman triathlon relates to stuttering and thriving as a person who stutters.
CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, 28 years old, joins us from the Washington, DC area. He works for a government agency as an intelligence analyst and is an aspiring writer, triathlete and person who stutters. He recently completed a fundraising and stuttering awareness effort for the National Stuttering Association through his completion of an Ironman triathlon. Christopher is also in the process of writing a memoir on stuttering. He enjoys spending time with his family, fiance, Maria and dog, Auggie. Contact Christopher at: cjander47@gmail.com.