so80, I've had 2 therapists and what I found was that I did not need to start from scratch with the second therapist and explain everything. I just started where I was and worked on what needed working on. We didn't revisit everything from therapist 1. I think you can do therapy without telling your life story. The whole story isn't always necessary. I've been with my second therapist for several years now and he still doesn't know things about me, or even what all I worked on with the first therapist. I don't keep it from him, but there's no need to go into it all since we only have limited time together (about one meeting every 3 weeks).