I freely admit, SP, that when you told us what your x therapist had done, you blew me away . . . . I can't even imagine how hard it was for YOU! I've been around for a while and when you would describe how things were with your x therapist, I just felt that she was so solid and good. I couldn't wrap my brain around what she did and how she terminated contact with you and refused to process anything with you. It just seemed so inconsistent with how she worked with you.

That said, your new therapist sounds like a really solid, dependable person from your description of how she's handled sessions with you and her being open to you processing how shabby the other therapist treated you. But I've learned that there is no sure thing. If there is anything I've learned from psych. central is that there are no sure things when it comes to therapy. I make sure that I proceed carefully and never put all of myself on the table when it comes to deal with a therapist. I really hope that this therapist is the one who helps you heal and move on from what happened to you with your x therapist. You deserve that after all you've gone through. I wish I could reassure you and encourage you to jump in "full throated" and carefree to the deep end of psychotherapy with this new therapist, but I don't think I'd ever be able to do that considering what I've read on these forums. Trust her but keep your wits about you, would be my advice!