I was wondering what others were experiencing, too. As for myself, the phone sessions are good. I am more comfortable not being under the watchful eyes of the therapist. I am always worried about what I look like so knowing T can't see me, makes me feel a bit more comfortable. That said, I have been more open with T over the phone. When I mentioned this, T said she had found that quite a lot of her clients opened up more over the phone as compared to in person. She wasn't expecting that to be the case, but it happened. Maybe some people don't realize they're doing it?
For me, I find it difficult to open up to people in real life, especially if they're looking right at me.
T does do Zoom or Skype if I wanted, and I'm thinking about doing that before going back to in person, but seeing myself while talking to T might be even worse than I expect. I'm just worried about how nervous I'll be going to an in person session after not seeing each other for so long.