Bad training analyst? Or simply not a fit?
I’m a candidate in training at a NY institute, and I'm required to work with a training analyst who graduated from the same program. I started analysis with her as part of training. But honestly, it was not a smooth ride from the beginning. I decided to end things after about a month.
I’m posting because I genuinely can’t tell whether this was mostly my own resistance/transference, a major style mismatch, or whether some of the dynamics actually reflect poor analytic work. She describes herself as Classical Fruedian but "less neutral because she's older". I know that difficult feelings are part of the process — but I also don’t think “everything is just transference” is necessarily the full answer.
I'll share some detailed examples in the comments below. I just want some outside perspectives.