Thank you AncientMelody and FallingFreely! The T and I talked about this for an entire session recently. I think the feel between us is positive but the feel of a potential break between us lurks as well. Possibly she didn't say "done enough". Certainly she said she didn't know what more she could do to make me feel as though she has heard and acknowledged by story. I think she is actually trying to emphasize her desire for me to move on from the past or work on un-sticking myself from it. And, at the same time, I suspect she is covering up or working from a defensive place with regard to coming to understand the harsh nature of my background story over time. Too often she doesn't "get" what I'm trying to convey, and/or I feel I'm being too vigorously prompted by her to come up with the goods that will make her feel satisfied about the details of my story. These issues have to do with early attachment issues, or it's probably correct to say "betrayal trauma" based in early primary relationships. It's tricky to know what I should do, stay the course and try to forge a re-newed relationship with my current T, or move on to a new one who might be better suited to understand and acknowledge what once was, and work forward with that new T. Maybe I should look at there being one correct answer. Either might be ok?