My sessions are 60 minutes. Sometimes they seem waaaaaay to long. I often find myself trying to glance at my watch in an unobtrusive manner, not wanting to offend my therapist. My current therapist and my former therapist are both good at gently drawing my sessions to a close by saying something similar to what others have mentioned--"We'll stop here and pick up next week" or "We have to stop here . . . " I have to admit, however, that I've already draw things to a close in my head about 8 to 10 minutes before she even says anything.

The endings never bother me. I find that my ability to talk about and examine my feelings and emotions are pretty much exhausted by a 60 minute session. I did try a few 90 minute session with my former therapist when she thought I might have an easier time relaxing and working at a deeper level if I had more time to warm up. I gave that up pretty quickly as it just seemed like prolonged torture. I sometimes think I might want an another session about mid week following my session because I am the kind of person who thinks deeply about what happened in my session. But this desire isn't intense enough that I'd ask for two sessions a week!