Last time I went to see T, I was hugely anxious before I ever got in there, and sat down holding a big tote bag on my lap.

About 50 minutes later, somehow (don''t ask me how) the conversation came around to Anthony Wiener and T said, that man has some serious impulse control issues. This was such preposterous T-doublespeak that it made me laugh out loud.

SAWE: Ask me something.
T: How are you feeling now?
SAWE: To be very honest, I am feeling pretty bummed that I don't have another half hour.
T: (brightly) Well, we have ten minutes.

I have read again and again that the "boundaries of the therapeutic frame" are supposed to be good for you. Including keeping strictly to the hour. Oh sure, I know that Life Has Rules, and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and yada yada yada, but why is this so inflexible, so rigid? what's so therapeutic about it?