I'm pretty sure my therapist is person-centered. I remember reading about it in an Abnormal Psychology class and thinking that it sounded just like him. Plus, I read his LinkedIn profile before I started seeing him and it said that his "work is client-centered".

The whole accepting without judgment, unconditional regard, etc. etc. is what I have distrusted the most about my therapy experience with him (obviously from growing up with a father who could turn on you and tear you to pieces with words in seconds). But it is also what has also helped me grow the most and has provided at least a little balm to my anxiety problems. As I've grown to trust him, therapy has become a place where I can literally discuss anything or what has been eating me alive all week and has also become a place where I can practice vulnerability and trust and hopefully move that to my other relationships in life.

I did a few sessions with a CBT therapist several years ago, but I 100% prefer what I am in now to that. I need the relationship and the person to prove me wrong time and time again when I keep expecting him to turn on me or get fed up. Seeing my insecurities I have with people play out between us but feeling completely free to talk about it and analyze it with him is where a ton of my learning is coming from. I've been in it for a couple of years, and I'm not sure when I'll get to the place where I can stop, but it has been a worthwhile investment for me.