BlueMoon, I must have been tired when I posted that.

The *rest* of the story... lol.. is that my T is a LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor. That, I think, is what makes her so supportive and why she offers between session contact, something I've never had with psychologists. (just my experience).
The combination of this orientation plus the psychoanalytic training just make it a good fit for me. (except whe she insists on being real and having photos in her room and taking vacations. lol)

The lesson was that before this T, I would have argued that only a psychologist can provide *good* therapy. I would have looked down on this T as having insufficient qualifications.

lol It's just a darn good thing I didn't know her degree designations until I met her. Even then I think it was one of the things that made me angry at the first visit.
I'd tried one therapist who, after 5 minutes declared me depressed, was writing me a referral to get a Wellbutrin Rx, and was going to find some social groups to get me involved in. Slam-bam-thank-you-ma'am therapy. lol Then I saw a psychologist who was nice enough, but who suggested relaxation via guided imagery, then when that's all we were doing and I said I wanted to talk..she advised me that this would eventually become hypnotherapy. Actually I am interested in hypnotherapy, but I was very weirded out that she was not upfront about that. So that was the end of that.

This one is the real deal.