I understand that my preference is because of me and my issues. I'm sure there are great and lousy T's of both sexes.

My personal reasons for preferring male T's: My main abuser as a kid was female so I have trouble trusting female authority figures in general. I grew up the eldest of many sisters, and the infighting and rivalry was awful. I tend to fight over the usage of language and bicker about the meanings of certain words in a given context with female T's I had early on.

I really enjoy the experience of the help of nurturing males. Love it. Can't get enough of that experience. And this may be sexist of me, but I find guys to be simpler creatures, easier to understand. Rested, fed, and possibly a healthy sex life is all they seem to need to be well balanced. They tend not to do the very female act of apologizing when something isn't their fault. My CBT T "owns his space" and seems confident to the edge of cockiness. I need that trait so badly. Modeling male T's behavior tends to minimize my neurotic, ruminating tendencies.

PS My female T's early on made way too many assumptions about my experience, just because we were both female. My male T's make no presumptions and I love that.