My T asks very little. Just small clarifications here and there. Sometimes I've found that frustrating because it's so much easier for me to answer questions than to just talk. But what that has meant is that although things unfolded more slowly, when I was ready to talk about more intense or traumatic things I already had a pretty good connection with her. So instead of just relating the facts (which I'd have done at the first session had she asked me) I was really able to experience how I felt about stuff. So I've been able to process all the shame, anger, sadness and whatever else in a way that I never would have if I had just told from the get-go.

But there's no rule about this. You can talk about the same event many different times and explore the feelings that come up as you feel able to. Things have a way of being attached to other things in ways you don't necessarily anticipate. I've gone in planning for a light session and brought up some annoyance at work only to trace each feeling and theme that came up back to some very deep early hurts. So just keep talking and trust yourself. If you have a good connection with a competent T, everything will unfold in due course.