Great post, I have been told so many times to read Bird by Bird for writing and other courses. Had no idea it was so relevant to therapy.

To answer the OP, therapy has helped me connect to other people and I think connect to my feelings. And those special "moments" have been really important. For me it was about breaking the ice. Talking about and naming these feelings has helped me respect that the point of life is not to eliminate feeling negative. And I feel like it has helped that those moments haven't necessarily been about T having all the right answers but it's more a joint process of discovery.