This is a really good point and is similar to a conversation I had with my T yesterday. I'd asked if I could see him a second time this week, and he said yes, that he had openings. I said how I'm not normally this needy, and was he sure it was OK that I'm seeing him again this week? (I'm usually weekly.) He said yes, that he didn't know how I'd take this, but this is his job. As long as he has openings and I pay him, it's fine to come in as often as I need. It was the same with an e-mail exchange Friday night (which I also paid for), where I verified that it was OK because he was going out of town the next morning. He said he wouldn't have offered if he wasn't willing to do it.

There were some issues with outside contact with both ex-T and my marriage counselor--one in the past, one in the present--which they offered for free and supposedly didn't have any limits on--until suddenly they did...so I really appreciate current T being straightforward with me. He also said he'd say early on if something I was doing/requesting bothers him instead of waiting till it became a big thing. That he's like that both with clients and people in his personal life. I appreciate that straightforwardness since one of my big issues is fearing people are mad/annoyed with me and not telling me till it becomes a big thing.

OK, will stop rambling now!