Dear LeeAn:

My suggestion is that you  immediately stop this therapy because it is not helping you.

You wrote: “I have regressed a great deal.. I am hooking up, allowing myself to be used sexually”- this is not what therapy is supposed to do. Of course there are regressions in any progress, a few steps forward, a step backward, maybe staying in place for a while, stuck, but your regression reads significant and you  didn’t mention any progress.

Any particular technique, if it brings significant regression, it should be stopped or moderated, other techniques introduced, there should be flexibility in therapy, experimenting with different ideas, different techniques, seeing what works, what doesn’t work, instead of rigidly continuing with something that doesn’t work.

What did your therapist suggest when you shared with him or her the regression you are experiencing?

anita