During our second therapy session we explained to Therapist D what we had talked to Therapist C about.  We "introduced her" to the parts of self.  In their office they are represented by some figurines.

We spend the majority of our time talking to Sleep Master.  He has been really in control in the last week or so.

Therapist D used a combination of EMDR and self-talk to Sleep Master to get that part of self to open up about why there was trouble sleeping.  What was interesting was there was times when Time Keeper and Story Teller tried to stop it, but we kept reminding Most Adult Self that we needed to just talk to Sleep Master right now.  We would talk to those other guys later.

Do I think some of you are reading this thinking "this is absurd"?  Absolutely.  I also know that some of you reading this don't get mental illness and it is taboo to talk about it.  Live with someone who has it for a while.  Your views will change.

We were able to get Sleep Master to admit that he doesn't feel safe at night, because people always leave during the night.  He admitted Bio Mom is going to leave in the night and he will be left there with Bio Dad and that isn't safe.  We asked Time Keeper to come into the conversation, because he has us talking about the past and we need Sleep Master in the present. 

Therapist D had Younger Boy thank Sleep Master for keeping him safe all of these years and had him tell Sleep Master that while he is still important Most Adult Self would like to try making the decisions about sleep for a while.

It was interesting, because he immediately said "that makes Sleep Master VERY ANGRY".  So we had him talk to Sleep Master about the anger and the anxiety.  We had him remind Time Keeper to stay out of it.

In the end Sleep Master wasn't "giving any negative comments, but he still wasn't happy".

It's a start.  This is going to be a long road, but today I was encouraged by our progress.