The therapist should always respect client autonomy, and I think autonomy issues played a big part in my first therapeutic relationship failing.
With T2 I am in charge of my sessions. I go knowing what I want to achieve and trusting my own gut about what I want to talk about and what I don't.
There was one session where T was being more directive and steering the session. It was only after, when I thought about it that I realised how confusing and unsettling I had found it. The next session I said I wasn't happy with the feeling of not being in control of the direction of the session. He explained he was 'feeling anxious' about the direction of the session (he didn't explain any more and it wasn't necessary) and he said he would work on it in supervision.
Other than that one time, I have always felt in control with T2 and that's the way I like it.