You’re not pathetic. And, i would explore other therapists if she’s already going down then path you describe. There’s good therapists and then there’s even more who know crap about stuttering treatment who often take a very superficial view of it (e.g. just treating the speech behavior). If you can, try and talk to a few to get an idea of what the therapy would be like and how you gel with them. Many good SLPs also will do free consultations or let you contact them for free to chat about the possibility of therapy. If you want, pm me and let me know where you live. I might be able to point you in the right direction of getting someone who knows what they are talking about re stuttering. Edit. Missing sentence