That's interesting what so many report about having difficulty crying with their therapist. I'm going to buck the trend and report that I cry quite easily with my therapist. I cried a little the very first time we had a session. He's very empathetic and very accepting. Sometimes I go to see him and I don't even know I'm sad and the tears just come. He gives me space to feel the sadness there with him in his office and when I cry I feel him holding me, from where he sits across from me. It seems safe to cry. After so many years of holding it all in, it is a relief to be able to feel sad.

I have only seen my PNP once, but I didn't come close to crying with her. It is more like a business meeting--here are my symptoms, now let's talk meds. I see her again this week.