I don't think people just get over PTSD, no. I think you need help and support to be able to do that. Unresolved trauma is pretty much what brought me to therapy. I chose my T partly because he has training across a range of approaches including psychodynamic, gestalt and CBT. His actual modality (if that's the correct term) is integrative relational body psychotherapy, which means he uses a range of different approaches, he's very interested in the therapist-client relationship, and he's very interested in the links between mind and body.

I don't choose when to go. I have a standing weekly appointment, which I actually find very helpful and reassuring. Currently it's very much led by me and what I bring up. We mostly just sit and talk. He has art materials and I used them once and would like to again.

Got a question for you. Are you really worried she will ask about your past - or do you want her to? Sometimes worrying about something can be your mind's way of visualising or fantasising about it. Just a thought.