There are many positive things about therapy that I want to share. Before therapy, I never talked about my feelings with anyone except my journals. I had a lot bottled up inside of me but was too inhibited to talk about any of it. Therapy changed all that for me.

I was attached to all of my Ts but my current T is the only one who has encouraged me to talk about that attachment and to accept my feelings. She doesn't do straight talk therapy and she has enabled me to feel my feelings in the session instead of merely talking about them. In other words, she's gently guided me past my comfort zone. She's worked with me directly on my anxiety, teaching me breathing and visualizations, and encouraging me to attend a yoga class.

She doesn't put herself on a pedastal; my favorite quote from her is "I'm just a regular person." She is a special person to me, though. She's caring and compassionate and gentle. She has enabled me to tell her secrets that I always thought were TMI.

My T touched me, something no other T would do. She taught me that hugs are nice, not embarrassing. She held my hand, which as most of you know, is especially healing for me. She has made mistakes, but over and over she has proven to me that I am more than "just her job", and that her " love" for me is sincere.