I found that managing the actual session was vital for me.

As in: starting with some of the "my life right now..." in order to work in, and then ending on a note about the present and how I was going to manage the week ahead.

I found that if I ended sessions with some kind of cliff hanger it built my tension (I'm an anxiety, rather than a depression zombie)....to the point where life was fairly intolerable.

What I'm saying in my long-winded way is...a balance