Certainly it is not the patient who requires more than a few brief sessions of talk therapy.

After the vote, taken in secret in a brief session this morning, African members said they would begin meeting today to plot their next move.

The 57-year-old cardiologist appeared in court yesterday during a brief session.

After years of blocking a raise, the Governor agreed to approve one last month during a brief special session.

The transcript of the brief session was issued an hour later to all reporters.

But what is any one therapist up to in those brief, intense sessions?

However, if this type of counseling is too expensive, the guidelines state that even one brief session can be helpful.

"I had a brief session with our Security people before coming in here," Beckett said.

He was more loquacious during a brief session with reporters after his release.

The Senate's brief session ended without a word on legislation or national problems.