Finding the Right Therapy will Change Your Life
Greg O'Grady
Saturday 9:30AM - 10:30AM EST
Personal Story AllOriginally from a small town in Newfoundland, Greg grew up with a severe stutter. As a young adult he grappled with mental health and despair challenges, but eventually made his way to the Speech and Stuttering Institute in Toronto. In this workshop, Greg will speak about his journey as a person who stutters, and the challenge of maintaining fluency learned in treatment. He will also show a fifteen minute clip of a documentary he is working on, Finding The Right Therapist and Therapy. Dedicated to Dr. Bob Kroll, his Speech-Language Pathologist who passed away this year, it features different people who stutter discussing the positive impact therapy had for them.
What to expect
This workshop will address the emotional area of stuttering, thoughts about treatment of the whole person who stutters. Also what are their thoughts about a person who stutters readiness for treatment? What are their therapeutic expectations of a client during treatment? How do they involve family / significant others in treatment? and more!About the presenter
Greg helped co-found The Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association; introduced, “a million things I need to say” Walk & Run for Stuttering Awareness in NL; (started this event in support of SSI in 2011; helped established The NLSA Solidarity Collaborative Project; participated in the documentary called “Getting The Words Out, Co-Host of SOME STUTTER LUH!, NL first Podcast about stuttering; introdcuded the Fluency Plus Program to NL.
Last updated: 2021-12-01