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wow this one hits me close.....

one thing I do is to journal our session as best I can... I draw a cloud and put a title on it representing session, and I put inside the cloud, IDK, dream, you said X last week, I remembered X about my FOO, etc etc, and then I write out as much as I can even over a couple of days. It helps me remember that two real people were sitting there and talked about these real things; or what happened to me that was real, dreams, etc.

This may not help you when you are actually leaving, I have no magic formula for that. After 3 yrs I got up the nerve to mention to T last week that some of her other clients leave there smiling and laughing, and how much it amazes me because that's not me, whatever do they come in to see her for, wardrobe color coordination? Check balancing? and she laughed gently (she is that way) . She said, I get very few who go out that way. I thought, well lucky me, I happen to be here when those FEW are coming out.....