Did you ever process trauma or did you skip that entirely? Is the structure entirely made up of "fixing" one thing at a time?
Do you stay with a theme for a while or just talk about whatever comes up in your journaling or throughout the week?
My trauma consisted of being raped by an acquaintance and the events surrounding it and then a lifetime of aftereffects since I never dealt with it when it actually happened. So... maybe that is the overall theme? We mainly talk about what comes up during the week. For example, one week brought on extreme anger, so the following week I was supposed to write down when I was angry and who it was directed towards. But then, the next appointment went a different direction, because that process led me to present day triggers and response that I needed to deal with. I am pretty sure my therapist has a plan and knows what she is doing, though sometimes I think she feels like it is her job to tie me up in knot on the inside.
Ok, sounds like mine. As in we go with whatever symptom is presenting itself. Which tends to feel so scattered, it's hard to measure progress. Just wondering if others had meandering sessions as well, or if it's more typical to have a trajectory that sessions follow.
