I've brought it up to my T - how I feel like I'm getting poked at for an hour, then have to deal with two weeks of being destabilized between sessions.

She uses the last 5 to 10 minutes of the session to help me "gather myself" so I don't feel as raw when I step back out of the therapy room. I still tend to feel more unbalanced for a couple of days afterwards though.

We work on coping skills during some sessions because like Pennster's therapist, she doesn't believe in stripping away defenses without giving someone coping skills to replace them. She believes defenses are there for good reasons.