First I have to say, this is a really cool thread.

Second, I have to say hi. I'm Robyn. I've only posted on 2 other threads, so I figured I'd (re)introduce myself.

I chose my T because he does psychoanalysis. I am going to school to be a T and that is the school of thought I identify best with, so I thought it would be a good fit for me.

I took me a long time to settle in with this T, as I had just moved to Philly from NY, and had been seeing two T's there, one for 2 years, and then one after that for a couple of months.

There are so many things about him that I love. Since it is analysis, he never discloses, and I am very content with that. However, I can tell by the type of humor that he uses and a few mentions of books and writers, that he is a very cultured person. I feel we are a very good fit because the type of humor he will use in session is the exact type that I can appreciate. I have a VERY hard type opening up in T and he has been incredibly patient. He is beginning to teach me that it is okay to get angry at him, and to let him know about it. He has stressed to me, the complete freedom of T-- an hour per week in which I can say ANYTHING at all. After a year and a half, I'm just getting the hang of that. I am starting to feel safe in that room.

The other day I saw my Pdoc (in the same building). Then I went up for my T appointment and sat down in my chair. We sat in silence. All I did was point at the door, and he said, "So how did that go?" He knows a lot without me having to say.

I do a lot of writing, mostly poetry. We use my poetry in T to help facilitate the unconscious. We do the same with my dreams. Sometimes it is very hard for me to just sit and talk, so to do it in a creative way makes it a lot easier for me.

He challenges me a lot, which I really appreciate. I need that type of interaction. Sometimes I will get angry, defiant, and very closed down: During one of these "moods" he will ask: Well, why do you still come? And what I like most about him is this: My answer-- because you understand me more than anyone else in the world ever has.