I saw a female T for 6 years but had some negative maternal transference for her that interfered--didn't help that she was my mother's age. Been seeing a male marriage counselor and felt more comfortable and open with him--but as most of you likely know, developed strong paternal plus some erotic transference for him. When I switched individual T's 5 months ago, I intentionally picked a male, figuring that, if I did shift my transference from MC onto him, I would at least be in a place where I could work it out. (I think that's starting to happen, incidentally.) I feel more comfortable talking to him than to ex-T, even about really personal things (like sex). Part of that may be his personality vs. my ex-T's, but I've also generally felt more comfortable talking to men than women throughout my life.