Thank you for sharing your story. I am 27 and still have a stutter from when I was 6 years old (this morning I had trouble getting out the word "animation" for a good 5 seconds). I am also a litigator (and a successful one at that so far) which requires a lot of speaking, and what really helped me the most with my stutter was not the speech therapy you describe (which for me lasted only two years) but acting and public speaking. I started taking acting classes instead of speech therapy classes and performing in community theater when I was still in elementary school. I am not a great actor, not in the least, but it was far more enjoyable than speech therapy and actually helped me tremendously with my shyness that is often coupled with those who stutter. It gave me a lot of self-confidence, and you do the same things when memorizing a script as you do with speech therapy, repetition until you have it perfect, without the stigma of "I have to go to a doctor for my problem." You are now 24 and I think you should seriously consider going to a community center (not sure where you live) and get some (possibly free) acting classes and possible involvement in a community play. You don't have to be brilliant or even like the play itself, but I guarantee you will like it a lot more than speech therapy, and it will come with added bonuses of eliminating shyness. The other thing I did which is not as universal was to be a lecturn at my church and give the readings from the Bible during Mass (I'm Catholic). Again you don't have to be brilliant (who is even paying attention in church anyway?), its just reading out loud and public speaking, and churches are always looking for volunteers. Anyway, good luck and let me know if you would like any more information on what I've talked about.