Yup. First therapist very much was this -- when I was very very alone and in a very bad place. Though I'd always be nervous going there, I was grateful that there was someone (anyone!) to talk to, even if it was only one hour a week. Had no choice on frequency or duration (it was an insurance thing - actually had insurance then!), but it was long enough (months) to get me through the worst of that particular spell.

Current one, though I very much like her, is less that to me, but it is only because I am more stable now. Even with the (relative) stability, upon moving, I was really scrambling to find a new one -- to have someone in place for the rocky parts, because once those set in in earnest, I couldn't mentally do the finding part, and knew myself well enough to know this.

Yeah, sometimes I don't know what to talk about either. What's worse is the worse I'm doing, the less I talk. This is not good, I know, but it is utterly my nature. How frustrating that must be for them(!)

Suga, on Friday you said about severing the relationship, kind of kaput-like. Hope I misunderstood that (and I probably did, as your post today seems to indicate), as I agree with vj that it's good to keep it open-ended for the future. Just like you say, good to know someone's there.