I'm really big on wanting my pdoc to think well of me and hold me in positive regard. I read this quote and then I said, 'That's why!'

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"We might have one being in our life who is a model of unconditional love, so that we don't fear rejection if we're truly honest with this person or if we don't present ourselves in a certain way. We have enormous respect for this person, who means safety and maybe clarity - not mushiness or a phony veneer or an inability to look at difficult and painful things. This person may perceive the difficulty and pain in us, but there is the feeling that he or she views them alongside us, rather than from across some enormous gulf of separation. That is really the essence of a loving heart - the understanding of our nonseparateness." ~ Sharon Salzberg from "The Power of Loving-Kindness" in Handbook for the Heart

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Doesn't that just sound like what therapy is all about?