Right now I am new to therapy; I've only had a few sessions. I don't know that I feel like I fit into either category, though before I went I was a bit afraid that no one would be able to help me. Now that I have had the chance to work with T just a bit, I have a fair bit of optimism that my T is going to be able to help me with my problems. After I went through one of his tests with a zillion questions, he said the results indicated that I was able to admit I had problems that I needed help with / couldn't deal with on my own. He said my answers also reflected that I seem to have a readiness to engage in the process and be compliant with the things I need to work on to improve. He said both of those bode well for a therapeutic relationship. I guess I'm starting out with category 3, which seems like a good place to start. But I'm smart enough to recognize that just because I feel this way today doesn't mean I won't feel differently at another time. I can certainly understand how/why someone might feel what was expressed in the two perspectives originally mentioned. <3