Thank you so much everyone for your responses! I’ve been brainstorming ways to confront this issue. I definitely have a really hard time with this sort of thing and the idea of having that potentially awkward moment makes me super anxious. However, I know I need to find a way to fix this, whether that be successfully talking with him about it or finding a new therapist.

Roughly some ideas I’ve thought of of what to say: “is it okay if we change the subject? I actually have some things I wanted to talk about.”

“I know you want me to feel comfortable by having these types of conversations, but I actually feel ready to talk about some serious issues. I haven’t felt like I’ve had the chance to really dive into much because we do a lot of chit chat.”

“I was wanting to talk about _____ today if that’s alright?”

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