That's really interesting, Sunny, since I vividly remember that it was my 7th session when I first told T something very personal that I'd never shared with anyone else - that was my first big disclosure.

I've been seeing my T for 6 months, and I think I've tested T over and over again during these 6 months. We've talked up, down and sideways about our relationship, especially recently, and I really feel like T is there for me. I do trust my T 100%, I just sometimes get in my own way of opening up to T - I'm working on it, though! What I'm realizing is that we will continue to have ruptures, but we'll work through those, and our relationship will continue to build and strengthen.

Polarsmom, I think what you're experiencing is very normal. I also had a T about 9 years ago who was nothing like this T - I only saw that T for 9 sessions. She did help me at the time, but looking back, I see that we skirted over the major issues and didn't even touch on some of my deepest issues. Good luck to you!