Is my therapist good or not?

My private therapist has only had her phone ring a couple of times, and she was frustrated with herself for not remembering to put it on silent. Both times she went to fetch it from her bag in order to silence it.

My university therapist always has her phone in front of her during our sessions, and occasionally it vibrates, but whenever it does she just says, "Oh, go away!" which I just find amusing.

Huh, interesting reactions - why does she have it out in front of her, and why does the first one get it out? I imagine the visible ringing phone is more of an interruption than an invisible one?

She only goes to get it so she can reject the call and switch the phone to silent, rather than allowing it to keep ringing.

My university therapist just has it out in front of her on the desk, mainly to keep track of time. She has usually set some sort of alarm in order to finish the session on time because she has to be somewhere else after that, and she is bad with time so needs to be reminded of it. Other than that she has her phone on vibrate, so there's only a slight buzz, if anything. I just find the whole "go away!" thing really amusing.

I agree that these practices you mentioned are not therapeutic.

However, a feeling of anxiety in therapy can be explained. Clients often have mixed feelings about therapy: They want to change but they also often fear change. They often specifically fear that the therapist will shame or reject them once she/he finds out what the client is "really" like. Thus the anxiety is often based on a fear of being known and rejected. This anxiety often will lessen over time as one comes to know and trust the therapist. If the anxiety is just too much, it should be discussed with the therapist. Anxiety is not in itself automatically a reason to stop therapy or to change therapists.