i insisted my T work with me. i was in a treatment facility and was with a different T, but my T filled in for her one week when she was gone. after that i knew he was going to be able to do deep work with me and get to the root causes of my issues. he was hesitant to work with me given my history with my previous male T. in the end , he agreed. he even joked once saying thank you for forcing me to become your therapist. we've been working together for 6 years now