[quote=Persephone518;4750846] ...One issue that really bothered me was being interrupted while speaking. Like, literally cut off mid-sentence by the therapist jumping in with her own opinion. This happened with two different therapists. The first one I managed to get through about five or six sessions...

I think some interrupting is normal, but they should be respectful when doing it. Every therapist is different, some will have more to say than others. What they should be challenging you on, once they get to know you, are things like cognitive distortions or contradictions. If you do have a tendency to ramble, it might be necessary to cut you off to bring these things to your attention. What sometimes happens (not saying you do this, just giving an example) is that a therapist will ask a question and instead of answering the question, the client feels like it's necessary to give a long detailed explanation, going far back into the past. Even though we might feel that the recent fight with mom requires an explanation beginning of how she treated us when we were five, that's not always actually necessary.

A good therapist should want you to get something more out of sessions than just venting - you can do that with a friend. If you try a third therapist and you find the same thing happening, don't get defensive, take a step back and look at why this might be happening. With one, even two therapists you may have had bad luck in finding ones that aren't particularly experienced or good at their jobs but as a pattern emerges, the common denominator here is you.

Good luck!

DD