The very first time I went because I just had an ectopic pregnancy and emergency surgery that I was grieving from. I only intended to go for a few sessions since it was a therapist at my obgyn office. But from talking to her a few times she referred me to an outside therapist to deal with anxiety.
With my current T I sought him out to deal with every day anxiety and depression that I didn't think EMDR would help with. I told him all this at our first few sessions. After a few months, my doctor and T decided that it was more harmful for me to have 2 Ts, one talk therapist and 1 EMDR therapist, so I had to choose which one I wanted to work with. That was back in October when I picked the talk therapist to solely work with, and now several months later I'm seeing him 5 days a week and we talk about anything from my childhood abuse to SA from my H, SH/SI, dealing with a child who has ADHD and other mental health issues.