What style of theraoy are you having? Is it CBT? I'm wondering if part of the problem could be the style of therapy? I would not wish a T to be making suggestions of what I could do, and I would probably not take well to any suggestions. My therapy is not like this. We just talk. I don't think I have much of a mask on, (but actually I find your question thought provoking and I'm going to think about whether I do actually have a mask on and haven't noticed it). We just talk about my life and my feelings and stuff. I don't think that my T will ever make suggestions to me, but some things have changed in my life since I started therapy. I feel different and that has made me do things differently. My T is psychodynamic and humanistic.