How to assertively ask someone to HURRY UP? How to respond to bad advice?

Met with my therapist tonight. Sometimes he is efficient, and sometimes REALLY NOT. I hate paying for time when the person helping me is as slow as "heck," having nothing helpful to say, but long-winded obvious unhelpful statements and maybe a tiny bit of helpful advice every 20 minutes. How can one assertively and respectfully ask another to hurry up, or to just to say so if they don't have an answer, rather than rambling on and on?

Also, if a therapist gives terrible advice, how can one assertively and respectfully say that the advice is awful without giving some long statement?

This might be better on therapy forum plenty of good advice there. I tell my therapist that I am just not going to do whatever she advices. Or I just go ahead and do what I need to do. Don't know about hurry up lol i had a king winded boss once omg I periodically had to tell I am going to the bathroom just to stop him from talking

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I would probably interrupt them and say, "that advice wont work in my case because x,y,z. Any ideas how to get around that?"

Have you considered getting a new therapist?

"Thanks for your advice," is polite and noncommittal.

With regard to length, it will take some courage. "I've been thinking and I've decided that to get better i need to speak more in here. I need to put myself out there more." Stick to your guns on this.

After that, you can interrupt as needed by saying "Remember I need to speak more in here." And then say what is on your mind.

Still a therapist who drones on and on and freely dispenses advice doesn't necessarily sound like a keeper. What do you like about him?

Take control of the conversation by asking closed questions so that can only say yes or no.

Is your Therapy "goal orientated" ? I'm glad that my T doesn't like to toss me random speeches . We work towards a goal.

I would say ask your T to set up a treatment plan and you can decide what you currently need/want to work on..

He's off and on. Sometimes he has great advice and works efficiently. Other times not, and really not, being slow and making obvious statements to an extreme.

It should be. I should probably tactfully, yet clearly, remind him next time at the very beginning. I could also ask to prioritize efficiency and see what he says.

Maybe when you arrive at your next session you could something like this ..

Our last session left me feeling that we just aren't getting to the heart of my problem/issue ... can we work on finding ways to improve our time together since we dont really have a lot of time each session