Hello...

I'm sure that this question gets asked a lot around here so I apologize if it's redundant but I wanted to get some thoughts...

I've been seeing my T for about 2 months now, we've had 5 sessions and I've always been kind of resistant to therapy (I've had some really bad experiences in the past) but I went in with a very open mind and am still concerned that my therapist is really providing much ... well ... therapy.

Basically each session has been very unstructured and mainly consists of her asking "what's new?" and then me talking at length about whatever issues I've been dealing with since the last session.

She does about 5% of the talking (during a one hour long session) and it's mainly just her asking questions to clarify what I've said or to give very brief opinions about whatever I've been talking about. There are LOTS of awkward pauses as I finish a thought and wait for her to respond.

I thought that the point of therapy was that she'd be providing me with proactive solutions to help with the symptoms of my MI such as coping skills, cognitive exercises, whatever.

I'm concerned that I'm not really getting as much out of this therapy as I should be and seeing as each session is nearly $100, I don't exactly want to continue going forward with the therapy. The problem is that therapists (who are covered by my insurance) are VERY difficult to find in my area, it took me months of searching before I could find this therapist.

Has anyone else dealt with a similar issue? What do you think I should do in this situation?