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Originally Posted by skysblue
I'm surprised a therapist controls so much of a session. My T always always lets me lead. She knows that whatever is on my mind at the moment is probably the most useful issue to address. Sometimes we don't return to a 'hot' topic for weeks. I think she believes (and I'm beginning to believe) that when the time is right the topic will return.
Yes, don't be subtle. Tell your T that her method is not working for you. My T always tells me I'm in charge.
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That's how my T works as well. So far, I've found that he's right - the hot topics tend to come up again and again until they're resolved and sometimes after that, too.
If there's something i specifically want to address, I bring it up with him. If there's something I don't want to talk about, I tell him that. He's always fine with that, although he often tells me that we'll come back to something later (or as he actually says "I'd like to explore that further.").