Hello Karen amd Welcome,
It sounds like you are already doing a wonderful job, YOU CARE and that I think is most important.
I had a Therapist for just over two years and he was excellent.
The only problem is that he is in training to be a psycologist, so could no longer keep me as his client, He was decent enough though o give me a years warning when he would be leaving.
He cared, was prof, and always pointed out the goodthings in me, which I still have a lot of trouble believing and accepting.
Now that he is gone I am starting to take notice when someone has something good to say about me, which I guess in the past I only heard the negative(OR what I percieved as negative). I still can't believe that people can see any good in me, but at least I hear it.
Knowing that someone cares is the most important thing and feeling like I can trust them is next.