I think I asked this question before, but it has come up again and I need to be reminded of the reasons. I had a good session back from break. However a comment was made towards the end of the session that I'm currently chewing on. She seems to have a pattern of planting seeds to see if they take-and this one has.

We were talking about some abuse that occurred in the past. She mentioned that she was still in the dark about the specifics of what actually happened. She said that I've made only general statements about it. I said, "well I don't actually have to specifically verbalize everything do I?" I said, "The important thing is that I acknowledge that it happened, that I've thought a lot about it, and realize it may be influencing my relationships now, right?" " She said, 'no you don't have, to verbalize it', but that she thought I would benefit from telling her the details.' I said, "its wasn't all that bad, I know it wasn't my fault, I am no longer in danger or feel vulnerable." She simply repeated that I might benefit from actually saying to her the details of what happened and left it at that.

I'm sure she knows what she is talking about; but I'm just not convinced its necessary. I just don't get why it is going to be beneficial to verbalize explicit details.

If you've been here, I would like to hear about the likely benefits.