I had lite sessions with my longtime T. It wasn't an intentional thing, it was usually just that I was in a good mood and wasn't about to ruin that by delving deep. I found them helpful. I'd usually just chatter endlessly about what was on my mind, and got some relief from that. One thing that lite sessions can be good for is helping your T get to know you as a whole person. If I only ever talked about my traumas, that would make for a pretty one-dimensional impression of me. I found it helpful for the therapeutic relationship for me to have opportunities where my more negativistic character traits weren't so prominently displayed as they are when working on my primary issues. I think it can help strengthen the alliance between t and client. That said, I would not like for lite sessions to occur as some sort of planned exercise. For me, that would probably feel rather unnatural and fake, like we weren't talking about the elephant in the room. If I'm struggling, having a lite session doesn't do me much good, because it doesn't reflect my inner turmoil. So I don't think I could plan on alternating deep work with lite sessions and have it not feel rather stifling. Basically, if it happens naturally, great, if not, it's not something I'm looking for.