consistency, patience, kindness, his silliness and playfulness, the length of how long we've worked together, and all the crappy messed up things i;ve done...and he hasn't left or given up or yelled at me or thrown things at me (well, he's thrown balls at me but as a joke).

i was abused by a therapist, i feel some of the things puzzle_bug is saying. my former T i met with for 5 years before the abuse started. he was trustworthy, or i thought. it is VERY damaging to have a trust like that broken with a professional...

it took me a very long time to trust my current T.