Off to a good start then. I found that a lot of counselling was them listening and asking the right questions. But then I've only been to a few. To me, it was kind of like school, where mostly the classes/sessions give me an outline of what I needed to work on in my own time. The work happened when I brought the things I learned into my life and took action. If I don't take action, whether it is in working on changing my thought patterns, writing a journal, whatever is needed, then all the talk in the world does not advance me very far.