[angelicgoldfish05]

I have no idea what to talk about in tx today in a half hour. Does the t normally take care of this asking questions or such? Otherwise it's going to be another one of those 'sit around and shoot the breeze' type of sessions. I guess there's nothing wrong with those. I've only seen this lady a handful of times, am not paying (I'm on a grant) and don't really trust her anyways. Just wondering how it goes for others. Thank you.

[JaneTennison1]

If I don't know what to say I'll usually just tell her I'm stuck. Sometimes I'll have an area I want to focus on and sometimes I don't. If I do i'll say " I really want to talk about x but i'm stuck knowing what to say"

Otherwise I'll say " I don't know what to say, do you have any ideas?"

[CANDC]

It has been a while since I was in therapy. I used to keep a dream notebook and highlight things I wanted to talk about in therapy. Usually these were highly emotionally charged scenes that left me uneasy. They usually were the tip of the iceberg.

In chat groups they have a focus for the week. What about.asking your therapist
1) How am I doing in therapy?
2) What goals have I reached and what ones do I still need to reach?
3) Can we have a focus of the week for the next session so I can focus on that and come in ready to talk?

If the therapist cannot give you any good answers to these questions, that might be a sign to ask yourself the same questions and see what you are getting out of therapy with this particular therapist. when you said

and don't really trust her anyways

it does not sound like a good therapeutic relationship.

How do you emotionally feel in the therapist's office? Do you feel like you could talk about anything? If not are there other options available?