Feeling Unheard in Therapy: Does Anyone Else Relate?

I'm very self-aware too and have also had therapy that seemed,like a waste of time. The big solution for me was being told you can TELL your therapist "This is what I need/don't need, this is what does/doesn't work for me, this is what I like/don't like, this is what I do/don't want to try..." etc, and telling them in-the-moment feedback like "No that doesn't sound right" or "I don't know how to use that information" or "can we skip this part"? Take active control of your therapy sessions, they don't find it rude, in fact it's very helpful to their process. Even if they think you're jumping the gun about something, it helps give them more insight into your thought process. Active feedback and expectation management with therapists! I think most of us are trained by school to sit quietly and try to memorize what a professional is lecturing to us, but in therapy, you're in the room together not to do work for them, but for them to do work for you.