23 Sep 2013
How Did You Get There? (Ep. 422)
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Jeff Shames joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being in a positive and productive place with his stuttering. The big question Jeff is asked is How Did You Get There? Jeff is also asked about the previous episode, Knowing What to Do and Not Doing It (Ep. 421).
Jeff and Peter discuss stuttering well, voluntary stuttering, self help, hitting rock bottom, being in a good place with stuttering and still working on it and this quote brought up on last week’s episode: “Change only happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” –Scott Yaruss
JEFF SHAMES is a social worker, filmmaker and writer who co-founded the Manhattan Stuttering Group. He is a psychotherapist, and co-produced the documentary films Spit It Out and My First Friends Convention. A native of Tulsa, OK, Jeff lives in New York City with his wife, Elisa DeCarlo.
16 Nov 2015
Facing Shame and When is Therapy Over? (Ep. 556)
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While self help and therapy often reduce shame and increase self acceptance for people who stutter, sometimes negative feelings persist, linger or return. How should people who stutter and professionals respond when shame and embarrassment persist? On the second half of today’s episode we discuss the question “When is therapy over?” When should professionals “dismiss” clients and when should people who stutter consider ending treatment? Today on StutterTalk, Jeff Shames and Robert “the Expert” Quesal join Peter Reitzes to discuss these important issues.
Jeff Shames is a social worker, psychotherapist, filmmaker and writer who co-founded the Manhattan Stuttering Group. Jeff co-produced the documentary films Spit It Out and My First Friends Convention.
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 and a retired Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders.