Wow that sounds awful. I would think they could at least divide it into two 45 minute segments and give 2 people a chance to tallk. If it wasn't my week I would probaby skip.

I am in graduate DBT class and we do something similar but we each get a chance to talk if we want. At the start of the meeting we each put our name up if we want to talk and we rank our need by 1-5. Those with the more serious needs go first and everything is timed. After the person tells their story there is a short question time and then we are allowed to give feedback or suggestions.

I think that is bad enough when certain people ramble on about the same stuff every week but and hour and a half from one person???