I just had him as a professor last semester. I am still a year and a half out from graduating. His course did a great job giving historical (in some cases deep) perspective and highlighting various methods, with the ultimate message being what I mentioned above. He does do actual therapy; it’s not all philosophical. But he focuses on diminishing avoidance behavior and “not doing anything while you stutter that you don’t do when you don’t stutter”; that’s a confusing sentence but for people who have stuttered for a long time, they wind up adding on some extra behaviors or habits to lessen the “out of control” sensation that accompanies stuttering: avoidance, losing eye contact, prolongations, interjections (um, like, uh), etc. He tries to reinforce to people while you may momentarily feel out of control, it is not entirely involuntary...in some cases it’s just telling yourself to stop or making a conscious effort to quit speaking. Sometimes that notion of having some control over it, even though the sensation may feel out of control and has anatomical and physiological roots, gives people the courage to move past it and accept it. Yes, you really do have a difference that you can’t always predict and that isn’t like everyone else, but it’s not hopeless. He actually takes bits and pieces of classic therapy approaches, even if the foundational rationale for the therapy is flawed, and utilizes the parts that actually make an impact.