I never got "real" homework from my therapist and I use to be jealous of those who did. I always had to figure out what and how to work on issues on my own. At the beginning of therapy I use to bring in books with paragraphs I wanted my therapist to read because the author expressed what I was feeling so well but she refused to read them and would make me express myself in my own words. It was all harder but well worth it to me in the end.