I tend to be hyper aware of time. Awesome T usually ends “gently” within 5 min of the hour mark. We are both aware that we are out of time. Sometimes he will mention it or how fast our sessions go, sometimes we just know. He moves to his desk and sets up the next appointment or checks how far out we are scheduled and we do the payment. Then there is always a hug… sometimes he will share a wish, or intention for me/the week ahead with the hug sometimes we just hug.

Art T is more rigid about time than T and so if she doesn’t end right on the mark I will. She checks her schedule, I remind her that I still need to pay her. We hug. She used to walk me to the door but since I have been bringing my service dog she stopped (no clue if it is connected or not). I have also had to tell art T that she cannot bring up something deep/emotional/hard in the last 10 minutes of therapy and definitely NO therapy after the scheduling/payment. We had one session where she opened a big, painful issue/memory when we hugged!

Both T and art T will share personal stuff but it is always at the beginning. I guess it is harder for me to transition into the therapy space than out of… so that’s when they share. I like knowing a lot about awesome T… we have been working together over 3 years. He has over-shared or shared something awkward once or twice. Art T… eh. She shares too much for as short a time as we have known eachother.