im sorry, but to me, some random number like "we spend 12 weeks on trauma therapy" is not even considering the client. it is a random response...maybe 10 weeks works for that client, maybe 2 years works for that client.

maybe ONE trauma needs 10 weeks.
maybe 18 years of trauma needs 10 years.
but maybe ONE trauma needs 10 years.

how can someone say up-front what it takes. it's about the client, not time.

people can experience the same events and process it, accept it, be affected by it in different ways. no-one is the same. if that were the case, people would be "healed" in a very cut-and-paste fashion.
it's not...

..and simply stating that the trauma, whatever it is, only gets 12 weeks to be dealt with in therapy...i thought the client drove the therapy.

..and skills. My T told me "vices" are there for a reason..if you remove them all, or remove them too suddenly, it causes problems. You can't simply replace a vice with a skill unless you understand why you do what you do. ... because eventually, the skills will break down if you don't heal the reason for doing it.

..the work of therapy solves the problem.

there are numerous accounts of clients with self-harming behaviors who through the process of therapy, stop or reduce without the focus on the behavior. in fact, many T's ignore the behaviors

the behavior is indicative of something which needs to be addressed. it's a behavior, a vice. it's far more tramautizing to take that behavior away and ask someone to "heal" when that behavior has been a coping mechanism for many years.

none of us know how much time zoo needs to deal with the trauma..only zoo knows that and honestly, i think it is a growing knowledge.

some people can deal with it every session, some need to deal with it one session and spend the next 5 sessions getting stronger. but simply ignoring the client factor is what is troubling.....