It sounds like you are a bit frustrated with your T's ways, and you want to talk ~ but you're afraid to simply speak up. Is that an accurate assessment?

Do you ever write down how you are feeling in a journal? I would recommend bringing a journal in, in order to get the conversation started (on issues that you really want to talk about). You don't have to write a memoir, if you don't want to. Just stick with brief statements if that feels more comfortable to you. {ie: "I sometimes feel as though people minimize my traumatic experiences."} Bullet point each statement, which gets each point across to the reader (your T).

Sometimes, I feel a lot more comfortable writing things than saying them aloud. Then, I bring that journal to T, and I tell him to be quiet and don't respond until I'm done reading. Then I read it to him aloud. From there, I can choose the aspects of my writing that I want to discuss. I can also choose to let him point out the parts that jumped out to him. I've done both. At first, it was hard to speak up & ask him to just listen to me until I was done reading. But, he took my request very well! He now knows that I want to present the information and I will make some eye contact when I'm ready for feedback. That works for me.

Perhaps something similar would work for you as well? It just sounds as though you aren't getting quite what you need out of T quite yet, but you're afraid to speak up and tell your T how you feel. I have empathy for you. I know that it does take some level of trust to open up to someone about how you're feeling.

Something worth thinking about ~ Did I answer your basic Q's? I hope so!