You also want to feel that you are getting to the truth of what you feel, how you act, and what you believe. If you walk out of all of those first five sessions with no sense of this, you need to bring it up with the therapist. In any event, bring it up. If you feel no glimmer of resolution of this issue and things don't soon change, quit or find another therapist. What you want most from a session is the experience of insight.
Insight is psychotherapy.
You will know when it happens. It is not like intellectual learning. You will find yourself suddenly feeling clearer, saner, more hopeful, more decisive, more energetic, and your symptoms will clear up. This is the one magic psychotherapy offers. When you feel the things you've been trying not to feel, when you become aware of things you've avoided, you feel better and you function better.