Hey there,
With every client, comes a unique set of issues, circumstances, coping techniques etc so I guess really there is no rule as to what any client should be doing between sessions. It can also depend on the type of therapy you receive..for example if you were doing CBT, there is usually homework given for between sessions, whereas with person centred therapy there may not be any at all.
Some people just think over what was talked about in the session to see if maybe alternative views came up, they may consider how talking about a certain issue made them feel perhaps. Others may focus on what they want to talk about in the next session. Some people may push themselves to do things they fnd difficult in order to share this with their therapist and have support and then some people dont think about the session at all until the day of the next session....
I think the moral is that different things work for different people and it may be worse to stress over what you feel you should be doing, rather than just going with things and see how they pan out for a while.
You said you see things taking a similar route as they did with the last therapist....I think you need to ask yourself why and be as honest about it as you can,,,is it the therapist, is it you, is it both?
all the best x
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