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The goal should be to reduce these dependency issues with T, and to remember to focus on the problems that brought you to T, not the specific relationship with the T.

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I think this depends on the type of therapist you are seeing. My understanding is that in many schools of thought (psychodynamic, humanistic), the relationship with the therapist IS a big part of the therapy.

I know it's a big part of mine. Learning to be cared for, to resolve conflicts, to open up, to trust....these are all things I never had the opportunity to learn, and I am learning them in this relationship. Yes, there are other issues that brought me to T - past traumas, etc. - and that's part of my therapy as well. But the relationship is in many ways, the therapy.