Blanche - I understand your concern re: working through ET over a long period of time. My T and I have only been "hashing" this out in the past three weeks. I do have a childhood history of neglect and adult history of painful loss of love interest. I'm probably primed to see what should be pleasurable as painful. I do think getting to the root of this issue is important to me and my therapy, though. I guess my last thought does make sense for me after all.