A part of my therapist's life that she brings into session most of the time is her dog. it is a wonderful caramel brown english springer spaniel...and it very loving.

...but i sort of hate that this dog is there in MY session, because it feels like it distracts my Therapist's attention away from me....

most of the time the dog lays quietly...but if it is a certain time of the day...the dog might need to go out and is getting restless and whining and needs to be taken out...so attention must be split between my T and the dog.

it doesn't happen all the time. maybe about 20-25% of the time i'm in session is the dog a distraction.

i called my T about a month ago saying I was thinking of returning ffrom my break from therapy...but I felt like for my first session back I wanted her dog not be there. she said that would be hard to do.

she may have personal reasons for her dog being there...but it didn't seem like much to ask for just one hour for a single session to have the dog NOT be there (when i'm trying to make a decision about returning to therapy or giving up altogether). i'm probably asking too much though.

is my T's dog being there too much of her personal life being there?