Who does what for you, and what do you find are the pros and cons?

In a nutshell: I live in a town with a world-renowned medical facility. It also has its own medical college and hospitals. The experienced doctors are saved for the out-of-towners, and the folks who live here year-round get residents.

So far I am 1 for 2 on residents, which is to say, I really just have not been able to warm up to the psychiatry resident, but I really, really like my internist. I saw him today and he was a little concerned about my mood (rightfully so) and kept asking if it was something he could help with, if I wanted to talk, should we discuss a med change, etc. I said I knew most of what was behind it and figured it would pass eventually, but as the visit wore on he kept taking the opportunity to say "are you SURE you don't want to talk about it?"

Finally he got it out of me that I'm not wild about the pdoc, so he told me to page him once a week for the next month just to check in and let him know if things have gone up or downhill, and we'd go from there.

I almost cried on the way out of the office just from having someone LISTEN to me (never underestimate the power of not being blown off when you try to tell someone how crappy you feel emotionally). I figure, if he's willing to do that, I'm more than willing to give up the psych resident and go with it, even though I have a long and complicated psych history and he's not a specialist. I like him better, I trust him more, and he'll be around longer (just starting his training, whereas psych res is finishing this year).

Anyway. All that just to see what folks think. :-) (If you're comfortable sharing, of course.)