Sounds like you ARE benefiting from the sessions. I think, too,the anxiety might be partly from having them spaced out so, and having had these anxious feelings before so you set yourself up in your mind to feel that way again.

Anyone can benefit from therapy--even the healthiest of us. CBT is wonderful--I picked up the "logical distortions" from a management tape I listened to when I was working as a manufacturing superintendent. I had the notes in a little notebook and referred to them at least once a week. Didn't recognize it as CBT till I read a book years later when I was hospitalized for depression. So I'm not as prone to illogical thinking as most people, as I trained myself years ago. But I still can slip into negative thinking and paint everything black. But T quickly corrects me, or hubby--he's heard it all from me so many times during our "discussions".

If you can afford the cost of therapy or have insurance to cover, why not go and see what benefit you get? If you aren't sure if you are accomplishing enough, why don't you bring that up with your therapist too. I think you should discuss the anxiety for sure. Your T may be able to tell you something to help relieve that. As for the exhaustion afterwards, I think that is entirely normal. Probably not much you can do about that.