I think one of the reasons I meshed so well with my therapists is that we were very similar thinkers. All three had educationally focused backgrounds. All three were readers and writers. All three were parents. Very similar senses of humor and general personality. We just kind of got each other and spoke the same language on topics. We would have gotten along socially if that was how we knew each other rather than therapy. I think that helped because they were able to approach topics and techniques in ways that they knew would work for me because we thought alike.