Hi TN,

I'm sorry you had such a difficult ending to your session. I had that happen to me once with my P, with someone knocking on the door and then he had to quickly rap up the session. It made me feel as if whatever I was talking about, or my time with him, was insignificant compared to the requests of the person at the door, even though he was apologetic about the interruption.

My P has several family pictures on his desk and I'm assuming they are his children and grandchildren. I don't really find them a distraction to the therapy because the same pictures have been sitting on his desk for years. To me, it makes him more human and less sterile, because it shows me that he is comfortable sharing personal aspects of his life with patients. It could possibly be a different scenario if he had a family member practicing in his office, and I was aware of their interaction.

Hopefully when you return, your T can help you overcome the anxiety created by that interruption.