I feel like I have reached a crossroads with my current therapist.
We had been meeting via video chat every week since like November 2021. At first she was just getting to know me as I told her my story. She would give me advice and pointers and activities like suggesting I do things to stimulate my vagus nerve, make it outside more often, and even yoga; I still haven't started the yoga.
Due to billing issues with her office, we started meeting every other week until we sorted through my insurance and stuff. Now that the billing issues have been resolved, we are continuing to meet every other week mainly because I just don't have much going on in my life. All that said, our sessions have kind of evolved from her leading me to improve myself to her only listening to me and not much else. I mean I understand the importance of having someone to listen but I feel like she should offer more that just an ear.
Am I wrong here? I usually let her take the lead and ask me questions like how I've been doing since we last met, how's my living situation, how's the job. But other than that, not much happens. Even if I tell her something like an awful dream I had where I literally jumped out of bed and woke up when I hit my head on something, she couldn't offer much insight. I asked her advice on how to deal with someone who I was having problems with and she was abruptly like avoid that person when they act that way, Next?
So my actual question is, should I dump her or at the least communicate my problem with her and see if she changes? I don't want to be a pushover and keep the status quo but I also don't want to come off as being unreasonable or even non-compliant with therapy.
I know I'm a paying customer and ultimately it's up to me what I wanna do. It's just a pain in the ass searching for new therapists and finding one with the right personality. I really do like her, I just feel like I'm not getting what I signed up for.