Wow, wish I had thought of this when I had to disclose to my T, this thread, what a great one and alot of reasons why we have to do this.

I have two sides to this, I disclosed to my T after about 6 months of seeing him for depression and my mom's death. When I finally came to terms that I needed to disclose all this to someone, we did set up a 3 hour session to disclose, it was one of the most painful sessions I had ever been through, my secret was finally out, I had finally told someone after holding it in for 30 years. It was powerful and scary and I was afraid and I went through almost every emotion there was, but I released it, and after awhile it didn't have the hold on me anymore. I then disclosed to my siblings about 4 months later, with the help of my T. that again was very hard to do.

Now comes my Trauma T, she doesn't want to know the details and she asked me after I disclosed to my T and to my siblings did I relive the events, I told her I did, and she said that is not what is important, what is important is handling the emotions surrounding the events and how it still impacts you today, and that is what we work on. I can disclose to her if I want to, she said that would be ok, some people want to, others do not, she knows why I am there, and she knows the background but not the details. I am fine with leaving it this way.

I do agree with everyone though, you have to let it out, if you don't want to talk about it, there is a reason why your avoiding it. Your T would benefit from knowing, so she can help you better. Just a thought, maybe if it would be to much for one session do it over a few, or write it down for her, writing is a good way to get it out without having to go through their reactions in the moment. Then the two of you can work on it together, what parts need it.

Just a thought.