I think it is a misconception to say that trauma work in DBT is strictly limited to 12 weeks. That certainly is not stated in Linehan's book anywhere. She does talk about doing exposure therapy in the 2nd phase of DBT for PTSD but doesn't give a hard and fast "rule" about how long it is to last. While the "textbook" DBT standard is usually 2 years, Linehan herself talks in her book about clients she has worked with for several years.

I guess knowing that as I do is one of the things that makes my situation with my T triggering for me. Because I can't help but feel like she doesn't want to work with me. It is just old, old stuff for me. Abandonment and rejection are at the core of what is wrong with me. I am just now starting to realize that. I have no idea how to fix it.

I have learned from reading here that there are many, many kinds of therapy and therapists, and that DBT is a particularly difficult, restrictive and regimented type of therapy. I also have no doubt that had I not come to DBT when I did I would not be alive today, and so I am fairly committed to it.

I have the constant struggle inside myself to run away from the pain of therapy and at the same time to cling harder to my T. It is incredibly painful and exhausting. I went back and found this old post of mine tonight and printed it out and will put it where I can read it as many times as I need to in order to soothe that scared, lonely little girl inside of me. It helps, a little.