I too wonder about the difference between the therapist I wanted to be my mother and the one I can't get a good emotional connection with. (Doesn't that connection feel so good when it happens).

Maybe some people are too practical - my current therapist is, and a training in CBT is probably going to make you respond practically too. All it takes is a bit of understanding and sounding like they care and I'm like a little puppy dog - devoted for life!

I do also wonder about the personality thing and whether my maternal therapist did nothing for other people and vice versa. Or whether it's the difference between good and bad therapists - the instinct for saying the right thing at the right time.

OK, I think I just repeated all your questions. Anyone else?!