I wish she knew to not take away any hopes I had of overcoming it. Ever since I was a kid with a stutter I believed one day I would overcome it and be fluent. One day towards the end of my junior year in high school she told me quite harshly that it will never happen. That was the day I stopped being so open with her and being nice. I hated her because of that and she hurt me so bad and never understood how much it hurt to hear her say that. I’m turning 24 next month and it still hasn’t left me. She thought I was dumb for believing I’d overcome it altogether and just said, “Claire, you will never overcome your stutter. You will live with I for the rest of your life.” Oh yeah did I mention that she believed I was faking it the whole time? I wish she could realize that you cannot fake that, I had been taunted since I was 9 for my stutter but never mind that I’m obviously making it up for attention. Riiiiight. I also wish she was more aware about stuttering and understanding. She thought if I just tried tapping my fingers to the beat of my talking I’d be fluent or if I always spoke on an exhale I’d be fluent, etc. that’s not always true and she never accepted that. It’s always good to listen to your clients especially when they are at such a vulnerable stage in their life. I wish you luck on your practice and hope you can change some people’s lives for the better. I occasionally went to a man who stuttered and still stutters a bit and he helped me a lot. I hope you can be as understanding as he was to me. Good luck.