Tomorrow is my last session with my T that I have been seeing for about four years. Even though we had to end because of circumstances outside our control (ie. she can only see students) we both feel it was a good time, and there is really no strong feelings of sadness/anger/etc and no unresolved issues between us. It's about as "nice" a termination as you can get. We are also going to stay in touch afterwards, but in a more friendship capacity.

However, I'm feeling really stressed about it. I am feeling like I somehow have to make it the perfect session, and do everything right. I feel this immense pressure like it's my last chance to make her like me, or prove to her that I'm a good person, or show her how much she has helped me, or something like that. None of this is rational; she already likes me and thinks I'm a good person, and I have continuously told her how much she has done for me and how grateful I am to her. But I just feel like I have to make this huge gesture of...something! Like I have to express the entire culmination of our years of work together in this one hour....and it's ridiculous!

Has anyone ever felt like that on your last session? If so, how did you handle it? If not, how did you feel? Did you do anything special for your last session together?