It is only on rare occasions that my T's had a plan about what we were going to discuss in session. I'd say 90% the sessions started with a check-in and our discussions sort of evolved out of whatever I brought to the table.

Most of the time, I'd say our talking was about 50/50 -- we had real dialogue and discussion most of the time. The only times it was different were those times I was in a serious depressive episode. When I am severely depressed, thinking and talking is very difficult; it's like thinking through quicksand -- my whole thinking and communication ability was slow and labored. So, in those times, he did more of the talking because he was helping me find my words and sometimes helping me go through the decision process about how to proceed, decisions I needed to make.