Counseling Core
Continued from Developmental Stuttering Curriculum Outline (Click Here to Return) [1]
B. COUNSELING CORE: 
1. Role of the SLP with clients who stutter 
    a. Purpose of therapy 
    b. Characteristics of the therapist 
    c. Therapeutic alliance 
    d. Boundaries/scope of practice 
2. Readiness to change/process of change 
3. Cultural awareness/competence 
    a. Validating the client’s own perspective (verbal; nonverbal) 
    b. Curiosity to understand clients’ perspectives 
4. Valuing individual differences 
5. Neurodiversity  
6. Methods 
    a. Cognitive 
    b. Emotional 
    c. Behavioral
RESOURCES [see others in Treatment Core [2]]:
Streaming Videos:
Counseling Persons with Communication Disorders [3] (David Luterman)
Sharpening Counseling Skills [4]* (David Luterman)
Parent Counseling: Conversations with David Luterman, Ed.D. [5] (two-part video) (Group Therapy with Parents; Therapists’ Review of Parent Session)
Tools for Success: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Taster [7] (Frances Cook and Willie Botterill)
Titles or Testimonies? A Mindset for Counseling [8] (Anthony DiLollo)
Podcasts:
Thawing the Stuttering Iceberg [9] (Courtney Luckman)
Does Therapy Satisfy Children Who Stutter? [10] (Sharon Millard)
Exploring High Standards and Models of Imperfection [11] (Ali Berquez)
Printed Materials:
Effective Counseling in Stuttering Therapy [12] (multiple authors)
Therapy Game:
The PowerR Game [13] (Gordon Blood)