By the way I asked the new t what she meant by long term therapy meant and the answer

T had mentioned that we were going to work long term therapy together 4 sessions ago, and today was our 5th session .

At the end of session she told me she is looking to take things slowly with me and to work from the beginning , not a continuation , because of two therapists leaving in the middle of trauma work, has been unhealthy .

She wants a fresh start at it. So I agreed, I asked , so what do you consider long term therapy? ( previous client friends of mine, but not hers were seen for a year and 3 months) I figured that was long term.

Her answer to long term was, as long as I'm working here that's how long we will see each other. I didn't want to keep asking her, but that seems pretty long term to me.

Am I making a wrong assumption here? In a way it's scary, there's alot of CSa disclosure to be told and current relationship problems.

And after the little I disclosed today I feel disgusted .

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Long term could mean ten years. Ts don't like to tell you that, but I would prefer they did.

Maybe it's her way of saying she'd prefer not to switch you out to another t if it can be helped (for continuity sake and to get through what you need to get through).

Sweeps, I think you're a lot braver than you think. A lot of the things you've faced in therapy scare even me. I think you should hang on and enjoy your new therapist, who sounds amazing.

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I think your T means she is there to work with you as long as you choose to see her, perhaps indefinitely. Sometimes there is no end in sight until a client comes to the conclusion that they don't need to go anymore...

I can only tell you what my expedience has been. Yes at first it was like disclosing every little detail. One little bit at a time. We would process that detail then move on to another. Some where down the line the little details turned in to more generalized details because by processing some of the single details my mind processed more details without my needing T's help. Between T's help with how to process and DBT classes to learn learn coping and mindfulness I am able to recognize a trigger now and deal with it.

As far as long term I can say that there were times when I had 2 sessions per week then went clear to once per month till something else came up then we would go back to weekly. Right now it has been over a year since I have been in a T,s office. I am able to cope when I do have panic attack but am counting days till I am able to start looking for new T in my area. My triggers are not CSA related but are related to other PTSD trauma so I doubt that CSA will be discussed.