A short note is a great idea. When we first started on talking about my abuse, Gregory had me try to write it down. I sat there with his notepad and pen for 30 of our 50 minutes trying to get something out. He said he had all the time in the world and that one sentence would be a great start, so I finally got out one sentence: "My mother abused me." I still couldn't bring myself to say what kind of abuse, and I resented the crap out of Gregory at the time for making me do that, but 9 months down the road, when I had gotten out the really heavy-duty stuff and come to relative peace with it, I couldn't thank him enough.

I hope you have as great a T as I did!