Elysium, I think it's really early on in your relationship with your T and the two of you aren't used to being together yet. I think it is worth trying another couple of sessions, but not just going and hoping it is somehow going to be better. Try to go and communicate with her directly what is helpful for you in session and what isn't. You could tell her you don't learn that well from a lecture or hand-out and tell her what would help. For example, you said communication at work was an issue, so maybe you can practice communicating with your T back and forth and she can offer tips or model alternatives to what you are doing instead of lecturing you. The more you can tell her what you need and want, the easier it will be for her to be effective. If you really spell it out to her and she still doesn't get it, and just gives more 3 page hand-outs, I think you gave it a fair shot and time to move on.

My T has told me that before he and a client can make effective progress together, they sometimes have to spend time on communication, so that the client can learn to be direct in his/her communication style. He said without that it can be very slow going, so those up front hours spent on communication are well worth it. Elysium, because you said the topic of your last session was Communication, it makes me wonder if your T is focusing on that now so that the two of you can make swifter progress in the near future. That's just a guess, and it seems like it would have been good to share that with you if that is the case. Anyway, a frank discussion with your T would be very informative about what her strategy last session was. She will definitely learn something from this talk, and hopefully you will too.

Good luck.