It has been a while since I was in therapy. I used to keep a dream notebook and highlight things I wanted to talk about in therapy. Usually these were highly emotionally charged scenes that left me uneasy. They usually were the tip of the iceberg.
In chat groups they have a focus for the week. What about.asking your therapist
1) How am I doing in therapy?
2) What goals have I reached and what ones do I still need to reach?
3) Can we have a focus of the week for the next session so I can focus on that and come in ready to talk?
If the therapist cannot give you any good answers to these questions, that might be a sign to ask yourself the same questions and see what you are getting out of therapy with this particular therapist. when you said
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and don't really trust her anyways
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it does not sound like a good therapeutic relationship.
How do you emotionally feel in the therapist's office? Do you feel like you could talk about anything? If not are there other options available?