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Adult therapy and courses

Life coaching | Solution focused brief therapy | Process work | Gestalt therapy | Transactional analysis | Alexander technique

There are separate pages on Counselling, Cognitive therapy, Hypnotherapy, NLP, and Personal Construct Therapy.

Life coaching

Coaches are trained to listen, observe and to customise their approach to help you to identify and achieve your goals. The process also helps you to identify and change limiting beliefs which keep you stuck in negative behaviour patterns.

Life coach or speech coach? The life coach is a mix of therapist, adviser, strategist, friend, mentor, and more. With such a broad focus, how do you know what you are getting into, or what you will get out of it? Andrew Harding reports.

You are what you think A coaching skills workshop at City Lit.

Coaching for people who stammer An executive coach writes about benefits of working with a coach, especially for people who stammer.

Solution focused brief therapy

"Solution focused brief therapy won't cure your stammer. What it will do is enable you to look at the successes you have had and enable you to recognize and develop your strengths as a person..."
Full article by Amanda Mozley.

Further information:

Solution Focused Brief Therapy: a personal view and an End-to-End bike ride Stephen Sheasby uses a bike ride in aid of BSA to help overcome a fear of talking about stammering.c

Brief Therapy Practice (external link) This training organisation's website includes information on solution focused brief therapy.

European Brief Therapy Association (external link)) Link to article: 'Working with Stuttering: Solution-focused techniques'

Book: 'Problem to Solution', George, E., Iveson, C., and Ratner, H., Brief Therapy Press 2001

Process orientated psychological approach

Process Work with Adults who Stammer 'Letting the body lead - Letting the stammer speak.' BSA Information and Support Officer Liza Waller on a 2 day Process Work workshop in Edinburgh.

Gestalt therapy

Working with Gestalt Gestalt Counselling helped Peter Cartwright to become a counsellor and trainer himself. He outlines what it is and how it impacted on his own stammer. (2009)

'Getting below the tip of the iceberg' - Gestalt workshop Reviews by attendees of a 2001 London workshop for people who stammer run by Woody Starkweather and Janet Givens, with responses by Woody and Janet.

What is Gestalt therapy? - internet links:     Gestalt Therapy: An Introduction (external link), by Gary Yontef     The Theory of Gestalt Therapy - Introduction (external link), by Joel Latner

Transactional analysis

Approach - avoidance conflict revisted A personal look by Christine Hyde at stammering from the viewpoint of transactional analysis.nic

Searching for the Holy Grail Peter Fidler attends a course with Christine on transactional analysis and stammering

Transactional analysis workshops and contact:
Christine Hyde
Christine, a former stammerer, is working towards accreditation as a Certified Transactional Analyst (Education). She runs workshops from time to time - see events page. She is happy to receive emails from anyone who is curious about TA and its application to stammering and, time permitting, will do her best to respond.
Contact details: Christine Hyde, 116 Woodbridge Road East, Ipswich, IP4 5QJ
Tel: 01473 434501 Email: c.hyde2@ntlworld.com.

Alexander technique

Stuart Grant writes: The Alexander Technique is a practical method of learning to release patterns of chronic tension, habits that have slipped below the level of conscious awareness. By adopting the principles of the Alexander technique breathing and speaking become easier; movement becomes freer, lighter and more enjoyable. Learning the technique is fun and opens up a world of never ending possibilities to release the potential of mind and body to their best advantage. More...

Alexander technique - Stuart Grant (Edinburgh) Stuart teaches Alexander technique in Edinburgh and talks here about his experience with it as a person who stammers.

For other teachers and courses see www.stat.org.uk - the website of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT)

Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT)
Website: www.stat.org.uk
Email: enquiries@stat.org.uk
Tel: 020 7284 333
Fax: 020 7482 5435
1st Floor Linton House
39-51 Highgate Road
London NW5 1RS

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