It felt like a long session. A big one. Lots of shifts and good conversation. For now, a snippet from the end:

Me: Oh, I have a story for you. When I saw (ex's therapist), we were talking and he mentioned the empty chair technique and asked if I'd ever done that with you, and I did this (horrified face) and said, "Oh, God, no!"

T starts laughing

Me: I told him you'd floated it out there once, but we didn't try it, and he said, "I can see why."

T, still laughing: I remember.

Me: I kind of went, (raised eyebrows) "Mmm. Hmmm..." and it never came up again.

T: Yeah, that didn't go over well.

Then we talked about the empty chair exercise in general because it's interesting, and had an unexpected little therapy moment over why I had such a visceral reaction, then it was time to go home.