When I was struggling to stick with the difficult topics, I emailed my T and asked her if she could help me to just stay focused on one single topic in our next session. I told her what I wanted to talk about, and asked if she could just let me tell my story and listen. If she had questions or specific things she thought we should explore, we could do that when I was done. My T thought it was a great idea for me and helped me to do that. I managed to tell her what I needed to, and then we talked about it a bit. I started to get overwhelmed and told T that I needed to change subjects because it was becoming too much. She helped me get grounded in the present and we changed subjects with the agreement that we would try again in the next session.

Is that something you think maybe you could try with your own T?