ECHOES,
I like this letter. Please send it. Also, when I read your epilogue to us here on the board, I understood what you were trying to say even better. I think you should include this part somehow to help clarify for her:
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Then she asked what MY concerns are and I told her again about wanting to talk more. So we did, but not in depth. We talked a few minutes then she asked what I wanted to work on that session. Truth is, it was saying out loud what I want and need and more about what's going on with me that I thought we were working on when she said that! lol So, I blurted out "assertiveness". It was a good session on assertiveness and I learned a lot, we role-played, etc. But I felt like I was skipped over again.

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If you include that, it will be even clearer. I can really understand how offputting it must feel when you actually are working on something you want to, and she says "what do you want to work on?" It makes it seem like she didn't think what you were talking about was valuable enough to spend a session on. She needs to know what she is doing when she makes statements like that! Please tell her.

Good luck!
((((hugs))))
sunny