Counseling in Communication Disorders

Incorporating a counseling paradigm has been shown to increase motivation, deepen learning, and sustain progress for clients and families.

Cyndi Stein-Rubin, MS, CCC, TSSLD-SLP, CTA Certified Coach is a retired full-time faculty member, lecturer, and clinical supervisor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Department Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY). She is a certified speech-language pathologist, professional life coach, and specialist in the field of human development. Mrs. Stein-Rubin the recipient of the 2009 college-wide Award for Excellence in Teaching and has served on the committee, for the past 4 years to select future award winners. Her area of expertise is in coaching and counseling students, clients, and families in the area of communication disorders, and her private practice focuses primarily on adults with disorders of fluency and voice. Cyndi Stein-Rubin delivers interactive and experiential workshops and presentations, drawing from fields such as psychology, counseling, and leadership. She lectures at universities, in the community, as well as internationally. Cyndi Stein-Rubin, is the first author of a co-authored textbook, A Guideto Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology (Cengage Learning, 2012). Counseling in Communication Disorders: Facilitating the TherapeuticRelationship is her second book, co-authored by Beryl Adler. Beryl T. Adler, MS, CCC, TSSH-SLP has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for over 40 years, with extensive experience in language, articulation, fluency, and voice disorders. She received her master of science degree from Brooklyn College in New York in 1969. During her career, she has worked as a Clinical Supervisor and Instructor at the Brooklyn College Speech and Hearing Center and as an Adjunct Lecturer at Westbury Community College in New York and Brooklyn College, where she has taught a variety of courses in speech and language disorders. She founded Beryl Adler and Associates, a private practice in Brooklyn, in 1978. By 1984 she joined with Leda Molly and Gail Gurland to form Adler, Molly, Gurland with offices in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Ms. Adler's expertise and applied research in counseling families led to the development of a graduate course on the therapeutic relationship in communication disorders, which she has taught at Brooklyn College since 1988. Ms. Adler has presented workshops for parents, teachers, therapists, and supervisors throughout New York City. In 2012, she received the Speech-Language-Hearing Graduate Student Organization Distinguished Alumna Award for her contribution to the graduate students at Brooklyn College.

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction Section I Powerful Perspectives Chapter 1 Know Yourself Chapter 2 Counselor Congruence Chapter 3 Permission to Be Human Chapter 4 Client as Expert Section II Essential Skills Chapter 5 Deep Listening Chapter 6 Language: The Power of Words Chapter 7 Developing Strengths Chapter 8 Raising Resilience Section III The Obstacles and Change Chapter 9 Overcoming Obstacles: Judgments, Expectations, and Inner Critic Chapter 10 The Clinical Interview and Concluding Remarks on ChangeAppendix A Cultural Competence ChecklistAppendix B Suggested Readings Index