Great thread Apteryx:0)
My T begins each session with "Well button, howwww are you?" And i always say "Ok thanks, how are you?" T laughs and brings it back around to me and asks how I would like to use my time today.
She ends the session by saying "Button, its time to chuck you out now" and we both laugh and schedule another session. Sometimes we hug but not every session actually, just when I have brought her in a present Usually on the way up the stairs t rambles on about the weather and what she did last night.