I think those are very good, well thought out articulate answers.

However, if my T asked me why his opinion was so important to me and why i gave him so much power I would tell him its because I am putting my sanity in his hands. I am entrusting him with all the pieces of my puzzle, all the intimate details, the shattered remants of my life. All the guilt, the shame, the fear. Things i have never told a soul. It is his training and experience that I am counting on to put all this back together again. How can I not value his opinion or give him power? My mental health depends on him.