I HATED my 2nd therapist … couldn’t stand him and wanted to quit every week for the first 14 months …. and I stayed with him for 5 years, and I’m incredibly grateful that I did. I would not be where I am today, had I bailed & jumped over to someone who made me feel comfortable.
This is going to sound like trolling — as if I want to irritate people instead of share what I believe is true, but:
I don’t care if you like your therapist or not … the greatest obstacle to your growth is resistance (homeostasis preservation), and it’s OFTEN the people who rub you the wrong way, that are likely to be the best catalyst for important (but uncomfortable) change
The unconscious drive for homeostasis preservation is described in these posts …