My therapists and I chatted a great deal about music, books, hobbies, etc. For me, that's just all part of establishing a rapport. We shared goofy stories about completely un-therapy-related parts of our lives. My favorite story my therapist shared about himself was going out to the creek with his grandson fishing and ending up slipping in the mud and falling into the creek (complete with a reenactment. LOL!) Sometimes you just gotta laugh. We were always sharing our dog stories. And he finally got me to sing for him (so did my pdoc now that I think about it); they were really supportive of my music interests.

I had a couple therapists (briefly) who were like talking to a fence post. They were impersonal and very blank-slate. Not my cup of tea . . . thus "briefly."