Acknowledgements // Introduction // The speech organs and speech production // The voluntary aspects of blocking // The involuntary aspects of blocking // Emotions // Interrelatedness and interdependency of mind and body action // Characteristics commonly found in blockers // How blocking is percipitated in a predisposed individual // The growth and development of blocking // The prevention of blocking // The need for love in the prevention and treatment of blocking // Suggested ways in discipline // The time for treatment // Fakers, fraud and fourflushers // Personality patterns common to blockers // Man and society // Outline of therapy // Techniques of gathering patient information // The application of speech patterns in the reconditioning process // Relaxation therapy // Psychotherapeutic guides and techniques // Group therapy // The wisdom of the body // Bibliography // Index //