if he isn't switching off with his other patients, then maybe it is a part of your projection, because i doubt he would be doing it with only you .

for what it's worth, however, pdoc walks me down the corridoor and back into reception. this is nice because it gives us a chance to go from heavy stuff to "look at the tinsel on the wall" stuff and it's a nice transition back into the real world. but as soon as he says goodbye his eye-lights turn off and he becomes robotic as he wanders off.

the other thing he does is he slams the phone down at the end of a call. it's so weird; he'll be calling to check in with me and things will be wonderful, and we'll say goodbye (and i'll be feeling all warm & fuzzy) and then there's this massive slamming down of the phone pretty much immediately after 'goodbye'. it's disconcerting but i've noticed he does it to everyone.