Growly, you are saying it's ineffective but not in what terms? What would you like to work on or change? Do you have goals and you feel the therapy with Kashi is not addressing them satisfyingly or is it more a diffuse feeling? If the latter, perhaps define specific goals and lead the sessions to focus on them. Focus on what you would like to achieve instead of the relationship with the therapist and Kashi as a person with his quirks and all, use the relationship just as a resource and tool to target specific things in your life in a more pragmatic way.

I also had an issue when I felt that the therapists interacted with me too much like friends. Like, why do I pay someone high bucks per hour when I can get the same from a nice friend for free. I was never comfortable with just diffuse and wandering discussions long-term.