He always asks me about my mood to start. Then he asks me about what I want our focus for the session to be.

At the end, I usually notice him glancing at the clock, so I look also, and one or the other of us comments on how much time is left. He always seems to get us to place where we're ending at an okay place for me. We have only gone over a couple of times when I had totally lost it and was having trouble getting it back together. He used to ask me what my thoughts were about the session, but I finally convinced him to stop that. I don't know WHAT I think until later when I have had a chance to absorb everything and think about it.