I agree with BudFox. Trauma tx has to be done right or it can be damaging.

This is how I was taught to differentiate between PTSD and other anxiety disorders: With PTSD, the story is deep in the gut and doesn't want to come out. Tx involves grounding techniques because there is some painful s**t in there. It may take a long, long time before the body is ready to tell the story, and you don't want to tell it until it's safe. The story is a painful secret that wakes you up in a cold sweat.

With other anxiety disorders, the story is in the chest and spills out whether you want it to come out or not. The pain is always there, in your face and in every breath. Tx involves keeping that story from taking over your whole life. The story defines you, unless you learn how to not let it.

So, FWIW, if you are working with a trauma-trained T, there may be a reason why they are trying to hold you back from catharsis.

I remember being very pissed off at my T when she would not let me tell my story until my body was ready; in retrospect, she was right.

Hope that helps.