My T does not take notes. However, for a class she was taking, she needed to take notes for a 2/week patient and I volunteered to be that person. It was interesting! I like very much that she doesn't take notes, and has gotten to know me and remembers things . When she was taking notes, it felt different. Maybe because I knew it was temporary, maybe because I was 'going to class with her'. I felt important. Which was odd because, as I said, I like that she doesn't take notes. I guess it was that after almost 5 years of not taking notes, taking notes at every session felt as if I had such *important* things to say that she just had to capture every word! It didn't detract from my therapy (my fear) or make me less able to share. In fact because of the reaction I had, it made me feel able to be more open.
It was fun and interesting to see how that went.