I felt better after my first session, but only in a "I think I like him and I can work with him" kind of way.

After 5 sessions, I was only just beginning to feel connected to him. Six months in, I'm feeling much worse, because I've opened myself up to him and let some of the really hard, totally walled-off stuff come out. But I feel better, too, for the same reason. Hard to explain, but that's how it is.