According
to John Kappas, Ph.D., the founder of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute,
stuttering is a projection of incongruent behavior. For example, the person may
have a way of learning (suggestibility) that is different from how he or she
performs/acts. This individual may speak literally (physical suggestible) but
picks up a lot of inferences from conversations and the environment. There is
often another family member who stutters, he said.
Stuttering usually begins when the person is around five years old and
is often observed in people who have very addictive personalities, Kappas said. “People
cannot stutter when they are under hypnosis, performing visualization exercises
or when they are not concentrating on
what they are saying.” However, speaking on a telephone often induces
stuttering, he observed.
There
are typically no physiological causes of stuttering. As your hypnotherapist, my
first objective would be to help you identify the circumstances around which
the stuttering began. Once the cause of the stuttering is identified, while you
are in hypnosis I would use relaxation, systematic-desensitization and
behavioral conditioning techniques to help you resolve any issues that
perpetuate this behavior. “Since people usually can’t stutter on purpose, one
of the most effective techniques to replace stuttering with normal speech is to
teach the person to stutter in hypnosis,” Kappas said.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the
Hypnosis Motivation Institute in 2005. For more information about
Calminsense Hypnotherapy® and to set up an appointment, please visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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