I didn't reply to this thread the first time round because it's too hard for me to imagine myself as a T, even in jest. I just couldn't do it.

However, I am training to be a psychologist (not therapist, don't panic!) and this caught my eye-

On placement I hear myself doing and saying things and wonder where that came from, and realise it's my T's phrase or strategy. Being able to close sessions in a way that feels containing and like I'm not cutting people short; being curious about others' experiences and making them curious too; being able to validate wherever they are starting from. All things that T has skillfully done with me and I have taken on without fully realising.