AY's post brings up for me the incident of the man in the window and how, now some 5 months or so later, it still bothers me. When I mentioned it last week as one of three points in time when my therapy took a dive, my therapist decided to bring up someone else from the building (non therapy related) that had stopped to talk to me a few times before my session--maybe thinking that it was a more positive experience (because the person was nice?) and would redirect me from the man in the window memory. Honestly, all it did was remind me how exposed I am. She might as well have reminded me about getting my picture taken as I left her office in tears and entered a wedding procession outside her door.

About the time frame issue: it's a switch they turn off and on, but that doesn't keep them from thinking about people between sessions.