Thank you all for weighing in! I can't believe so many of you have experienced the telephone taking rank over you. My sympathies. I have no issue with confronting the matter head on. I toying with the idea of giving him a choice either to turn it off completely or find another room for our session. I prefer the latter - his office is not set up in a manner that is conducive to intimacy. I brought that up last session and he seemed oblivious at first but then agreed. BTW I just wanted to tell everyone that it was not a client he dreaded speaking to but his mom. You know that whole regression thing... I figure at this rate in about a month's time I'll be in a position to write his biography. ..But apparently I have to redecorate his office first.
Physician heal thyself!!!!