Yesterday at therapy, he had the laptop next to him again on the couch, open. I told myself I could handle it and it went OK for the first 2/3 of the session, then I asked him to close it. I apologized for that but told him I just feel this background stress if it is sitting there next to him like that. He said even if there is nothing on the screen? I said yes. So he closed it and thanked me for telling him. When he has the laptop pointed at him, how can I tell there is nothing on the screen? I don't want to have to ask him what is on his screen. That would introduce this bad feeling for me--like I don't trust him and have to check on him and what he is looking at. Yuck. During the session, there was one time when he looked at the laptop (before I asked him to close it), hit a few keys, and commented that his email had not worked all day. Thank God for small favors. So if his email was working, would he then have read emails in the middle of our session? That's why I don't want the effing laptop open, so he isn't distracted and can just do therapy with me. For the most part, though, the session was very good. So I didn't let this wreck things, but just wish he didn't do this.