I fell into this category. I think partially in my particular case it was because I've hurried my feelings for so long and I've been through so much that it becomes hard to verbalize and trust someone with my deepest thoughts. I was a definitely a difficult client. I think it takes more time and perhaps a different approach to try to "breakthrough" and stop the cycle of holding things in. I know in my case if my T was a little more proactive that would've helped and by proactive means that there are more questions thrown out. My son has a similar personality as well and he needs to be questioned in order to get out the "story". Certain therapists practice that the client leads the session which is great but if the client doesn't start or feels that they can't start then perhaps a different method should be used. I fell into this cycle with my T session after session. I know my youngest loved playing games with my T. He's at comfort and he just talks. That was more needed when in the beginning of therapy now he trusts his at and can verbalize well. Sometimes he needs my help to et things out. I've noticed that my kids T uses a different approach when needed instead of getting frustrated and defensive. I would bring things into the session to hold in my hand to make me feel more at comfort. That was a technique that I tried using. This doesn't involve having the T intact the client out of session and putting the T through a obstacle course to achieve things. Although there are many clients that would love that outside contact many Ts would disagree due to boundary issues. I believe that a good T will find multiple ways to communicate and help client without disturbing boundaries. In my case my best sessions was when my T challenged me with questions that I was totally avoiding. those sessions that she sat and looked at me as if she was bored or lost all hope were the worse.