This is a good question, which has been on my mind a lot recently. I have to pack up any negative emotion and stove it away - there is nowhere I could go and calm down or cheer up in private, as T has no waiting room or bathroom (for the clients - in his office there is a door which I assume leads to his bathroom) and I have no car either. My sessions are in the mornings, and sometimes I walk straight to work, other days I am able to take the bus back home and work from there. I've made sure to arrange my schedule so I almost never teach on the days I have T. The worst times are when I have to go into the office on those days when my office mate works. Luckily I am very good at putting on a cheerful face, but it makes the session less effective when I have to go into bubbly happy mode straight away afterwards, it makes me forget important things I've talked about in session.

But in general I try to pack everything away, and then I bring it out and process it later, whenever I have some time alone. I have a friend I used to be able to go to for help with processing and discussing T stuff, but that's no longer possible. Last year I journalled a lot but for some reason or another I've discontinued that. It did help with putting the more distressing stuff to rest for a bit.