Purplechick, the way it actually happened for us is that I bought a SmartPen. It records while you're taking notes--like in a classroom--and it has a little camera at the tip of the pen to synch the sound with the letters. The idea was that since I had SO much trouble taking notes, which he kept asking me to do, I thought I would try the Smartpen so that I could retrieve or correct whatever I missed....That's how we got into recording the sessions. Sometimess I don't even write anymore, though. And this last session, I didn't turn on the pen because I sometimes feel like he is speaking for "posterity" not to me. But I know I will turn it on next time......also, a couple of times he's made sure I had the pen on, or asked me to turn it on, because he is saying something that is important for me to remember.

I really like having the option....and I can always erase it....Sometimes it is upsetting to hear all over again, when I listen to the recording. My sessions are two appointments back-to-back (an early evening, followed by an early morning), two weeks apart. If I have recorded the session and listen to it the following day, I need the first week to figure out what happened...