Aw, SAWE, I'd give you the table if I could. He knows that I'd like to smash it.

Yes, the room is set up so that furniture can be moved around. It's a large office actually. I can easily explain to him that knowing touch is taboo that his sitting closer would help contain me -- especially during EMDR.

I've found that his voice on the phone seems more calming to me than his voice and presence during therapy. Maybe that's because I need to hear him so badly when I talk to him on the phone ...