I agree sometimes I think it's up to us to control what we want to talk about. My therapist asks me each session what's been going on since we talked last. Sometimes if a lot of crap is going on that's important to me I talk about it all session. Sometimes I just say 5 words on the subject and then we move on to doing EMDR or reframing or something to do with the past trauma or my Twisted Brain in the way it thinks. If it's been a particularly bad week though and I spend the whole session talking about what's been going on with me then he'll let me do it. Maybe you should try to not talk so much about what's been going on lately. Just say a couple words and tell him what you want to delve into. Sometimes I'm having a difficult week and thinking about some really difficult things I know I won't be able to say it so I have it written down ahead of time I just hand it to him at the beginning of the session he'll read it and give me feedback and we'll talk about that for the whole session. I know it's difficult but try to take more control over what you want to talk about tell him what you want to talk about. Just because they ask you how you're doing doesn't mean you have to talk about that the entire session and they're not going to push you to talk about trauma or deeper issues since they feel you're not ready for they're going to wait for you to bring it up. Good luck therapy is hard.