>>>> How you found yours, did you shop around?

Picked her name out of a list of health plan providers. That's how I've picked all of them.

>>> What the first appt was like?

I don't remember!

>> When did you know it clicked, or not?

Right away. She let me bring things that I had written and read them during therapy and has let me progress at my own pace while still challenging me.

>> Male or female selection and why?

Female. (I'm female). Otherwise I'd be offering to have his children by the third session.

>> Age difference and did it matter?

I didn't know her age but she turned out to be the perfect age. Slightly older. I get along better with people around her age, so it's been wonderful.

>> Their personal style...open, warm, formal,stiff, etc.

I told her about how my last therapist yawned and cleaned her nails during session and she's always asking me if this is when she's supposed to start picking her nose. That sums her up. She's the best thing in my life right now.

>> Type of therapy; CBT, psychoanalytic, eclectic (little bit of everything),
>> couples, group, who-knows-it-helps, etc.

I don't know. I mainly write and she mainly reads

>> Transference issues, if any

I'm about to tell her on Thursday that I love her (not romantically or sexually, just as a human being). I was going to tell her last session but I chickened out.

>> How long you've been going

This Thursday will be my 15th session.

>> Anything else you feel like sharing.

I spend half of every day thanking G-d for allowing someone as wonderful to come into my life and the other half thinking I'm not worthy of such good luck and it's bound to end.