I agree that it's important that you need to address the things that are in need of attention now....but I'd imagine that a therapist could really be of help to you with that. It's a difficult struggle, and you need the support.

I also agree that working through issues in therapy requires strength and a healthy network of support. I have heard time and time again that one needs to be in a good place in order to tackle some of the difficult things in therapy.

For instance, trauma work. My T has told me that I have to have certain things in place before I can delve into trauma work. The most important is some stability in my life, a network of people that I can rely on for support outside of T, and a game plan on how to handle surges of anxiety/craziness that is stirred up while doing trauma work. I don't have all of that in place, yet, so I am not tackling trauma work right now.