Last night I spent a good bit of my session talking about my overall experience being in therapy with her for the past 6 years. I decided after I sat down and really didn't have anything to talk about, that maybe I should try saying all the stuff I might have just written in an email. I said almost all of it... just not the part about how the break I'm taking after next week is my trial run for not coming there anymore. I need to make sure and say that part next week. I finally remembered to tell her about that connection I made when I heard that little boy in the background on a phone call at work (I posted about it here) and how making that connection really helped me understand the child-like attachment I felt to her. After that we sat in silence for a little bit. She said "we don't have to talk, you know." I said "But isn't that kind of the point?" She chuckled a little. Then I did a sand tray, and we stood back and looked at it together for a couple minutes, I named it, and explained parts of it a little. Then we verified we're scheduled for next week, I paid her, we hugged, and I left.