hi! 21f here. i’ve also had a “severe” stutter since childhood with no prior history of anything brain related. regarding the success of speech therapy, i’ve noticed over the years that i was not as successful in my sessions when the speech therapists were the ones making most of the decisions about the types of speech exercises we’d be doing and all that other jazz. when i finally got the courage to say this “exercise is stupid” or “this one wasn’t all that bad” my progress skyrocketed. you also have to actually want to go and put in the hours at speech therapy to make it work. i stopped doing speech therapy at the end of last semester (i’m also a student, studying audiology) for many reasons, but one of those is that i don’t feel very respected by my slp or anybody else in my field (even professors). all of this goes to say that if you don’t have a reason to do speech therapy and if it doesn’t seem exciting to go, don’t go. in my personal experience, i’d say it’s better off to continue on your path of self discovery and see where it takes you, even if it’s not fluency, but instead the confidence that will take you far in your field. also important to consider that therapy might just not be your thing (this was also my case) i’m unsure about your journey of self advocacy and if it’s recent or if you’ve also been doing it your entire life, but i think that’s what you want to tap into most when it comes to building confidence when it comes to stuttering in your field. whether thats disclosing to your peers/coworkers verbally or sending out a quick message. i’ve also been using my notes app to communicate for me and people have been (mostly) understanding. i don’t think that we, as people who stutter, get enough education on our options because speech language pathology is all about cure cure curing the stutter and not actually learning about it, but generalizing it. by the way, good luck in the rest of your degree and please reach out because i’m always looking for girl friends who stutter! and if you don’t have it already, make that “fuck you” mentality for yourself and ride with it all your life!