Do you think your prior reflections could have been motivated by something less pure say, like self-consciousness? I only ask because this is one of my standard mental states actually, LOL, it's the state of self-consciousness after social interactions which only comes up when I really care what the other person thinks of me, where I berate myself for all my little mistakes, and wonder if the other person liked me. I think I do this with my therapy sessions! I'll leave and drive home in this evaluation state and think of what I should have said or how I should have been more open or said thank you or whatever. However, it is also very possible that I could have a social interaction with a person I completely don't care about and walk away and not think of it again.

For me having a blank slate therapist would allow me to share a lot more, but there is something that would get too cold feeling about that for me.