To be or not to be, that is the question.
To be in a world of one’s own, rather than not to be in the world of another, that is an answer.

The consulting room is a place to be, and a place to remember having been, the more so with the therapist’s salutation: “Having reflected on our last discussion…”, and the therapist’s valediction: “I shall give that more thought.”, which contemplations make the therapist into a place to be.

If the consulting room ceases to be a place to be, then the patient may prefer to be in his or her own world: this may be because the therapist is inhibitory, or because the patient feels that the therapist is inhibitory, perhaps because the therapist reminds the patient of someone inhibitory, past or present.