I just wanted to add that 8 visits might be too soon for you to be feeling any particular attachment. I know that, given my issues, I'm very prone to becoming attached, but that it also takes me a really long time to allow myself to do so (or to stop fighting it, anyway).

I think attachment can't be rushed, isn't 100% necessary in all cases, but that there's nothing wrong with it. If attachment issues are part of what brings you to therapy, you'll find out eventually. And if that's what you're there for in some way, the best thing you can do is work through it.

But don't be in any sort of rush. Wherever you're at in a give moment is precisely where you need to be!