My previous T gave me homework every session. She would write it down and then photocopy the sheet to give to me. Sometimes there were as many as 7 or 8 items to do. Things such as journaling, looking into herbal supplements, having a specific conversation with someone, even "fun" things. Then she would check in with me next session about which ones I had done. I founded the whole thing overbearing. When I talked to her about this, she always said that it was fine if I only did some of the items and not all, but is don't think she ever understood how the "assignments" caused me stress. And, despite what she said, when I did none of the homework I could tell that she viewed that as me being resistant to progress. She wasn't going to stop though - she had very definite methods that were like a formula she stuck to every session. Quite rigid, in retrospect.