I've been seeing my Pdoc for three years, and because of past therapy abuse issues it took me 2 and a half years to fully trust him. Although I was still getting something out of the therapeutic process before that, my constant doubts were getting in the way of feeling like I was making real progress. Now that he has my complete trust I feel like we can really start moving forward together in a therapeutic collaboration.

As for attachment, I honestly don't know. I view attachment as being either romantic or maternal/paternal, and I don't feel either of those things for my Pdoc. I like him as a Pdoc/T, I like him as a person from the little he reveals of himself within the confines of therapy, I enjoy seeing him in session and think fondly of him as a Physician, but I don't know if that means I'm 'attached' to him or not.