I'm relatively new to therapy - have been seeing my T since mid-November (so, a little over 4 months). I've been going twice a week, although I went three times for a couple of weeks recently during a rough patch.

It's been a long process of building trust - believing that he'll really be there for me, that he really does like me, that he's not going to refer me, that no matter what I tell him, it will be okay. He uses a humanistic/psychodynamic approach, and I like him a lot (and I get angry at him a lot too, but I know that's okay, and we always work through it).

Lately, I've been missing him a LOT between appointments. He gave me a little marble from his office to keep with me to remind me that our connection is "real", even when I'm not there. That helps, but I miss the contact. Although I've been married for 15 years and have good friends around me, I feel attached to T in an entirely different way. Maybe because he's the first person who has helped me start to deal with my past trauma -- things I've never really been able to talk to anyone about.

Or maybe it's the fact that he's giving me something I didn't get as a child - unconditional acceptance. I always feel like he's on my side, and like not only does he thinks it's okay if I have needs (this is WAY new for me), but he thinks I deserve to have those needs met. I guess this is stuff you're supposed to get from your parents, maybe? And when I see him, I feel like I've been in the desert for years, and someone is finally offering me a drink of water.

Do you miss your T's between sessions? Is it because our connection and these feelings are so new that I feel this way? I just really miss him right now