I rarely planned ahead, mainly because I personally preferred the organic way my therapist had of helping get to exactly what I needed at the right moment. I also didn’t spend a great deal of time stewing about my next session because my personal schedule was so busy at the time with work and kids, etc. My sessions were, oddly enough, my down time reserved just for me, so I tended to show up early, relax in his lobby on the couch with a good book while I wound down from work, and just tried to clear my head from my other responsibilities before we started. My therapist had a way of starting sessions with a check in that somehow got us to exactly the right topic for the moment. It was very natural that way and perhaps why I was never anxious about going to sessions; I didn’t spend a lot of time in anticipation.