How do your sessions start?

She comes out and says Hello, I say Hi back. She turns off the button that alerts her that I am here and heads back. I follow her back, she goes into her office, then I go in, and sit down on the floor. She closes the door behind me and then asks if she should move the chair to sit on the floor as well. Depending on my mood, sometimes I just nod other times I say yes. Silence as I want to ask her how she is, I rarely ask. Depending on mood, this silence can be long or short, end by me crying or starting to talk about something. She will occasionally "rescue" me; most often, she waits and allows the silence and me the space to be.

At previous location, we started out with her leading then she switched to having me lead. I have no clue as to the why of the switch or anything.

He comes out to the waiting room and says hi and stands in the corner while I brush past to go to the room. I sit down and he follows behind. Once we're settled he'll look at me and say What's up, how's it going, how are you. Something along those lines. I'll say I'm okay or hanging in there, and then I'll start talking about the weekend or the day before.

T opens the door to the waiting room. I get up and walk toward him, he generally says "hi" or "hello" quietly as I'm approaching him, and I say it back. Much like others on here, he walks behind me to his office. We sit, I'll often make some sort of comment about the weather or other small talk. We'll often make small talk for a few minutes, about the weather, sports, something my D did. Then he'll say, "So how are you?" or "What do you want to talk about today?" (or occasionally, "Hello!"). Other times, if I'd just gone through something stressful, he might open with, "I see you survived Christmas." Or if I'd emailed him, he might bring up something about that or ask if I'm feeling any better. Or else I won't really make small talk, and I'll jump right into something. So I guess it kind of varies. But small talk is more common. It sort of eases me into things and gets me feeling comfortable and connected to him.