Echoes, you seem really together to me. You have some good ideas about what will help you and the issues you would like to work on. All you want is to talk to your T and have her listen and talk too, for gosh sake!

I hope I am not going to step on toes here, but I think your T is fixated on Guided Imagery and Hypnosis as a cure-all for every client. Your wanting to do talk therapy is such a benign request. Almost all T's do talk therapy of some form. It must feel so frustrating to want to talk about your issues with your T, work on solving your problems, and have her only want to do Guided Imagery. It would seem like such a rejection to me, like she was trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Maybe you could just lay down the law and tell her you really like her and all, but you don't want to do anymore Guided Imagery/Hypnosis. Can she handle that? Or is she a one-trick pony?

(((hugs)))
sunny