It depends on the pathologist honestly, as it's a field that isn't as well-regulated as it could be. At the worst, when I was a kid, I had an SLP that treated me like an infant, making me repeat words after her and talking down to me the whole time. Most of the poor SLPs I've had though, were through the public school system, so that helps explain it. On the flip side, however, the best SLP I had is someone who eventually became like an older brother to me. He was a stutterer too, and studying to work professionally (he was still technically in training when I worked with him). He showed me real techniques to use that actually helped my stuttering. Until then, I never knew such techniques existed and had already resigned myself to a life of disfluency. I'd highly suggest trying to see one. It shouldn't take more than a session or two to evaluate if your SLP is legitimate or not, and if you're lucky, it could really make a world of difference.