Your Session: Nothing to Talk About With Your Therapist?

It is not uncommon to feel like you do not have anything to talk about during a therapy session. Here are a few places to start.

1. Talk about your week. Even when nothing feels significant, ordinary events can reveal emotional patterns or stressors.
2. Talk about how you feel in the moment. Your present experience is valid material for therapy.
3. Talk about your goals. Revisit why you came to therapy and what you want to be different.
4. Talk about your past. If you feel comfortable, explore experiences that may still affect the present.
5. Talk about the silence itself. Sometimes “I don’t know what to talk about” is a useful starting point.

Therapy is collaborative. You do not have to arrive with a perfectly organized agenda.