I went through speech therapy from when I could talk until I graduated high school. I learned a lot through my therapy sessions that helped. Graduate school helped me to learn some of the science and theories of stuttering, which helps me in therapy sessions with my patients. It’s definitely helps me to think about stuttering in different ways and sometimes that leads to me using techniques to help me. The thing that goes unnoticed the most is therapists not addressing the mental and psychological effects that stuttering has on people. It’s had a lot of effects on me and my life, some which suck. But it allows me to help address with my patients so they can navigate those feelings earlier and hopefully not have them last through teen years and young adulthood.