I think it's important yes. I wasn't consistent early on in my therapy due to a combination of work schedule and being hard to pin down to come in ( which my T pointed out recently and I had to acknowledge I WAS ! ). I know it's a big trigger for some people , including my EMDR T ,but it's not one of mine if it's not excessive. With regular T now we are fairly consistent. I can't see any benefit in repeating patterns from our past - where is the healing ? Is it being taken for granted and being a people pleaser and wanting to keep the peace ? Those were things I had to change or try too and it's not easy.