My therapist definitely conformed to these criteria in the beginning of my treatment, which is also quite logical because he did not know me and we had not developed any kind of relationship yet. To me these criteria sound very superficial and judging the book by its cover.

I have found my T to be totally non-manipulative, very compassionate and caring, and at the same time always willing to fight for me, even with myself.
- He would probably smile to me now while greeting if I would bother to smile to him first (which I don't - I normally choose to not to greet him at all).
- He still starts and stops the session exactly on time. The consequence is that I never have to wait because someone else's session runs late because their session ends exactly on time as well.
- He now sometimes does answer questions about himself when he feels that it is appropriate. I sometimes test him though - I ask a question which I don't want him to answer and see whether he gets it and refrains from answering. Nowadays, when in doubt, he asks me whether I want an answer or not and he only answers when I explicitly say that I really want the answer.
- I don't know whether he would refuse to say anything about weather or not - maybe not, if it's not excessive. But I definitely refuse to spend my session time on such superficial topics and I respect him for not initiating such waste of time from his side.