I have always hated the "what do you need?" question, and I'm starting to find it useful. Sometimes I say that I need to talk about X or we need to stop talking about Y. Sometimes I say that I need a way to calm down. One time I half-jokingly/half-exaperately told her that I needed a nap, and then we strategized what I could do to make that happen and I ended up taking a nap every day that week. Taking a second to really think about what I need in the moment has started to bleed over into non-therapy time when I ask myself what I need and how/whether I can get it, which seems silly except that I used to not really care whether I was getting what I needed. So it's an annoying question but maybe also a useful exercise?