FRH i am so sorry for the things that have happened to you.i have a very hard time talking in T and we will chit chat some in the beginning if i am able to speak.so we do that.one time she talked to me about how we can go really slow and and some about retrauma.how she doesnt want me to become traumatized by reliving the things that hapened in my past.do you think maybe this is something your T may be doing when she does a lot of small talk.