A review of the contribution of personal construct psychology to stammering therapy

In the wake of Fransella's (1972) seminal application of Kellyian ideas to the understanding of stammering, the impact of personal construct psycholog y (PCP) upon speech and language therapists working in this area has been s ignificant. This article reviews the literature and considers the developme nts in the management of stammering wrought through the application of PCP. A number of key issues relating to the meshing of traditional speech thera py methods and PCP are discussed and these are illustrated further by a spe cific personal clinical experience.