Stuttering

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Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on November 14, 2009 at 11:34am

Lee,

Has this client always stuttered? Instead of a script, I might use either regression to the point where it began and/or Parts Therapy to find the benefit the stuttering provides. My mentor told me of a client that stuttered since childhood. Regression revealed that he had been sexually molested and that the molestor had told him he could never speak of it, hence the stutter began. Reframing the incident and releasing the negative emotion gave the young man freedom of speech again. Note, this is not to imply that your client is a victim of assault, but only an example of how the uncovering process can reveal cause.

Often, maladies that a client presents disappear during trance. (Many hypnotists have noticed that clients who coughed heavily prior to trance for smoking cessation never cough once during hypnosis.) If this is the case, and your client speaks easily and naturally while in trance, be sure to point this out to him. If you can take him to a time when he spoke without the stutter, you can anchor that, too.

Remember to ask your client why HE thinks he stutters. Sometimes the mystery is solved during the intake process!

Best wishes,

Kelley