I don't want to be rude either, but asking her to explore possibly being abused as a child is a ridiculous starting point.

I work in IT and if someone tells me that their PC will not turn on, I do not immediately start ripping out the guts of the PC to begin with.

Is there something you have been wanting to do for a while and you feel like something is unresolved?

Having a technical mind, I like looking for the easiest solutions first as slowly working into more complicated fixes.