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I’d try to find an slp who will work with you on your feelings and attitudes about stuttering (rather than speech techniques or just speech techniques). The issue with seeing a regular therapist to discuss issues related to stuttering is that they probably don’t understand stuttering any better than the average person and so might not be super helpful. My partner stutters and he’s actually had a harder time finding a good regular therapist than a good speech therapist over the years. A lot of speech therapists now will work with you on the emotional and psychological impacts of stuttering. But he’s seen a few regular therapists who assumed that his stutter was a symptom of trauma, which stuttering is not and which just confuses things. He does have trauma he needed to work through with a therapist (like lots of people, the vast majority of whom don’t stutter), and he also stutters. But trauma or anxiety does not cause stuttering, even though stuttering and how people react to it can lead to those things. If you want or need to see a regular therapist, I’d just make sure they understand stuttering or are willing to learn about it, because a therapist who thinks you stutter because you are nervous or insecure or as a result of trauma is not going to be able to adequately address either your mental health or your speech.