Perna, I think that could play a role. The first therapist I referred to above, with whom I did not have a close relationship or attachment, was CBT. My current therapist is of the humanistic psychology school (not psychoanalytic) and we are so close; he is not CBT at all. However, I do read here on PC about people with CBT therapists who are very close to them, so I wouldn't want to make a blanket statement. For me, the relationship is the most important thing in my therapy. I would not be where I am today without it (but I do think you can get some things accomplished without a strong attachment). There have been quite a few studies that have shown it is not the type of therapy you engage in that makes it effective, but the strength of the therapeutic relationship. There are even instruments for measuring the strength (that is one test I would actually be interested to take!--I'm not much of a psychological test person).