I'm not sure how much I trust my therapist now - he has recently way overreacted to something I did and has been inconsistent or intrusive on several occasions recently, which led me to feel worse than I did when I entered therapy. I wrote to him that I trust his heart and that is how I feel - I think he is a good person with good intention and doing his very best. We'll see whether that can still help me. In the beginning of therapy, he earned my trust first and foremost by seeing and really believing in the good in me. He gave me his time, went above and beyond for me and really put a lot of soul into helping me. I saw on many occasions that I was able to count on him even with practical things I needed in order to grow. He accepted me with qualities and passions I was afraid to believe in as well as well as the worst things I did in my life before therapy, thjat I was ashamed of. He was affected on my behalf when I was treated unfairly, too. He let me see him as an equal human being and not just a therapist, we've had a very heart-to-heart therapeutic relationship. Many other things, really.