I’ve been seeing my therapist for 8 months and have had this ridiculous push/pull relationship where I constantly feel like skipping but show up anyway. When I get there, I am incredibly anxious and awkward which is very different than I am in my real life. Three weeks ago I told him I wanted to talk to him about termination because I didn’t like the way things were going. That conversation went well and I decided to stay. The subsequent 2 appointments have gone really well. I feel like we are just 2 regular people talking and the anxiety during sessions is mostly gone. Phew! I am so relieved. I can’t imagine it going back to the way it was and I really think (hope) my ambivalence about therapy is gone because it was exhausting. I really don’t understand what changed except maybe I realized that I have a choice in all of this and no one is forcing me to go. I feel like I can finally get started on talking about the things I initially came to therapy for. Has anyone else had this sort of sudden change for the better in their therapy relationship?