[QUOTE=ilikecats;4915504]How many T's have you had? I've met "long term" with three different therapists. The first retired after we started seeing each other for about a year. She referred me to her partner--I went 5 or 6 times and just couldn't get into seeing him (didn't count him in the 3 because I never thought I settled enough to call what we were doing therapy)

Then I saw the second one (after interviewing about 10 or 11 other therapists--jeesh, that was a long process!). I stayed with her for about 2 years and then had to move across the country. I thought I'd try things without a therapist because I didn't want to do the interview process again, but some serious health issues created a need for therapy again. Soooooo, I started interviewing for number 3. I swear I interview about 18 or 20 therapists. It was grueling. I think it's because there were so many therapists where I moved and I didn't know anyone so I couldn't get a referral.

I've been with #3 for about a year or so now. I like her and I figure when I'm through with her, I won't be doing another search because I'll be headed for the grave

Were there times when you were with multiple ones at once? When I was interviewing therapists here, I did sometimes have two interviews in a single week. A few times, I thought I'd found the right one and stuck it out for about a month or so . . .one for 6 months until I found that she had a serious sanction against her by her governing body.(I didn't count any of them in the count because I really don't feel that I was doing any good solid work. . . just floundering around.

Did they all do the same type of therapy, or have you done different types with them? The first two were psychodynamic and the third one is relational psychoanalytic (not a blank slate).