I’ve always been incredibly sensitive about the ending time in therapy, not wanting to run over. Near the end of our session today he said he thinks of me when he checks the clocks. I said that today I was looking at them (there are THREE in his office) because when it gets close to the end, he’s so subtle about the ending that I’m sometimes afraid I’ll miss it. He said that maybe I’m sensing his ambivalence about it because he knows that it’s really important to keep the frame, but on one level he doesn’t really care about it and would just like to keep the session going. This felt meaningful coming from someone who is incredibly consistent about the frame.