Good luck.

What helps me is writing down some things before going to the appointment such as -

Why do I want to be in therapy?

why do I need to be in therapy?

What do I want to accomplish during therapy?

What are some ideas on how to accomplish that during therapy?

What am I willing to do during therapy and incorporate into my home life -
Talk?,
Journal?,
Workbooks?
Classes (for example anger managememt, depression management, Anxiety management, parenting, ...ect..)?
Group therapy - support based and or Therapy based ?
Medication?
ECT?
Hospitalizations?

What are the things that I am not willing to do as a part of therapy and incorporating into my home life?

Variations of these type questions are usually asked at the intake appointmnets and the first few appoinments that are the ones where the therapist and client start forming goals and filling in the required goals for therapy forms that go into the files and is usually submitted with insurance questionaires in order for the insurance company to pay for the sessions.