Oh yes Well, how I'd like it to go is like this: I share with T my issues; we discuss them with clear and focused attention; we make charts and outlines that represent historical events; current scenarios; emotional triggers; etc. etc.

Then we cross-reference all the data we have collected. We take the information to a table and we work together to piece the parts into a coherent whole.

We will discuss how my particular pieces fit into a schema that is easily understood and addressed.

We then will match the data with known effective approaches for change. After matching them, I will employ those strategies.

Each week I will report to T how those strategies were helpful or not. We will then adjust the strategies to my personal situation.

We will continue this until we've found the perfect formula and after applying that formula, I will then take leave of therapy.

My T and I will congratulate each other on our wonderful analytical approach and how well we did in our detective work and how much genius we applied to our mutual effort in decoding anything that was at first not easily understood.

While doing this we will refer to the volumes of writings that support our conclusions and our decisions on what protocols to apply. The masters of psychological investigation will have been our guides in this enterprise.

And we all go home happy and content. Everything under control.