Yes, it would help me if my therapist explained what he is doing by saying nothing. For a long time, I thought it was me, that what I was expressing was unimportant or meaningless. I left many sessions thinking, "What did I say wrong? Maybe I shouldn't be coming. Maybe my problems are stupid." It was only through this forum that I learned that this is a common method. It would have helped tremendously if he would simply say, "Now I'm giving you time and space to say more about how you feel about what you just said."