Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is as a psychosocial intervention that can be integrated with stuttering treatment strategies, to assist adults who stutter achieve increased speech fluency and improve psychosocial well-being. A novel, integrated fluency and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention, titled the “fACTS Program”, was written and implemented as a clinical trial with 29 adults in Australia and the United States. Results found significant reductions in stuttered speech frequency, maintained at three- and six-months post-intervention, with significant improvements observed in self-efficacy, psychological flexibility, and psychosocial functioning. Participants reported significantly improved fluency and psychosocial changes as a result of the program.
Learning Objectives:
Explain how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can be used with adults who stutter
Integrate traditional fluency management strategies (e.g., stuttering modification and fluency enhancement) with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy strategies in clinical practice
Recognize the benefit(s) of integrating traditional fluency management strategies with psychosocial interventions such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in clinical intervention
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