Yes, I'm afraid that's an all-too-common experience for people who stutter. Sadly, our field of speech-language pathology has provided poor service for people who stutter. Part of the reason that Seth and I are so eager to document the experience of stuttering is to help our clinical colleagues provide better and more empathetic therapy. Technology may indeed help with the fluency aspects, but there is also the broader consequence of stuttering that needs to be addressed directly, and technology will probably only play a minor role there. Good counseling, provided by a speech-language pathologist who understands stuttering, can make a world of difference. So can participation in self-help / support groups such as the National Stuttering Association (westutter.org), Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter (friendswhostutter.org), and SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young (say.org)