My T was keen not to have contracts - their view was that SI was the only coping mechansm I had and if they took that away then I may do something worse. Also it is only a symptom (not a pleasant one of course) and by working on the root cause it would stop anyway. Also by giving attention to it, it may get worse.

So I guess there are just different appraoches / theories on what works and maybe different things work for different people.

How do you feel about it? Why do you think your T is asking you to contract?