I get it (while acknowledging I have no idea what the very core of this muddle is) @Phoenix_Rising (the word microcosm is in my mind right now but I think it's out of context here). I wish there was something more I could say than that.

I get how frustrating and hopeless it can feel to find someone who you think can help unstick you from the mud, but just have more and more piled up between sessions so it doesn't feel like you're getting anywhere, or that it feels like you're getting more stuck. My version of your (K) has been working with me for 51 weeks now. For probably over 40 of those weeks, we would touch on something sometimes only to have massive muddles added that would need to be sorted (like catts and houses). We caught a break when the rest of my team took over with the other muddle sorting with me, leaving us to focus on the core stuff. That's the only way we've been able to do it. Those 40 weeks were essential for my surviving it all, but very hard going for both of us.

That may not help you to hear, but I hope it helps to know I hear you.