I agree in situations like the ones he describes, therapy should be short term. Unfortunately, not everybody's case works that way. There have been many days in 11 years that I did just vent and talk. However even that was beneficial to me and my T. Often the things I vented about when we dug deeper went back to my core distorted beliefs.

For me it also takes a long time to trust. I can only do things
In small doses. Almost like I put I toe in the water for a bit. And swish it around for a bit. Then after a while I put all my toes in the water and stay there filte a while.

Both Ts have found if they push to much to fast I shut down. I stop trusting. Endr T and I have spent almost the last seven months dealing with Ts death. We don't discuss it every session but sometimes I get triggered. Emdr T and I agree we had to take a huge step back. T was a significant part of my Emdr treatment plan. So we had to back up and we are trying to figure out when and how to proceed with the Emdr.