How much of the time does your T talk and how much do you?

It varied by session and over time. I think early in treatment, he talked more, but not more than me. Later in treatment, I talked a lot more. And then there were those sessions when the "silent presence" took up the most time.

I never really thought about it either. Sometimes my T talks too much, and I am almost drowning him out, like when he gets really philosophical. He tells me things that's for my own good but sometimes I don't want to hear it.

But for the most part he lets me talk.

I honestly have no idea. It depends on my mood. I know that apparently the first time I met him I babbled his ear off - he told me the second time (I was hypomanic so it wasn't like he was being rude or anything.). I'd responded with "I was really nervous and sometimes I talk more when I'm nervous but actually I thought I held a lot back because I wasn't comfortable!" haha.

But there's been other times when I'm nearly crying that I might only get out snipits of sentences and he fills in the blanks so I can just agree or disagree or whatnot.

So ultimately... I think he talks as much as he needs to, and I talk as much as I need to.

I would say now I talk about 25 % of the time and T about 75% of the time

When I am feeling upset/depressed, T usually does most of the talking (or question asking). But most of the time, when I'm feeling normal, it's probably 60/40 and I'm talking more. And like an earlier poster said, I like it to be like a conversation, back and forth exchange.

I don't talk much. I kind of have to have her lead me through the session. So, her = probably 65%, and me = 35%.

I probably talk about 80% or even more of the time. Pro-longed silence probably 10% of the time as well. T asks pertinent questions to lead me but they require a response from me /: He will also give some feedback at times, but I'd say they are in 30 second spurts or less. I've never felt like I need my T to give me more time to talk.....I'd rather he talk MORE. Although, there have been moments where I've almost interrupted my T lol I think it's cause I'm more used to him giving me the space.