Let me tell you a little about my former T---she was for cbt so we didn't deal with a ton of past issues first of all but focused on the present. Importantly we set an agenda at the start of the hour to make sure covered the things that both of us thought were important ie some stuff from the last time...new stuff that was bothering me etc. The only time I was talking about something I really didn't want to was about this guy I used to like but its not like she was forcing me she just kept asking more questions and saying it was important and in the end I agree it was important because all that is cleaned out and dealt with now. So try not to worry a good one will totally adjust to meet your needs not the other way around.