What are people's expectations to making progress in therapy? With only 50 minutes per week (and some go only 2x per month), how is progress possible in a reasonable amount of time? Some of you have more experience with this than I do since I only started in December. I'm just wondering if it's really possible to get to the bottom of things with so little time with the therapist. Or will it take years or decades? (I don't have that much time )

I get so confused about whether I should explore the past or discuss the present. So little time to review everything. Please share your experiences so that I may have a more realistic expectation.