Um...please take or leave what i have to say cuz i don't want to overly influence anyone but one thing you've said struck me rather strongly. This person does brief therapy. His goal is quick problem solving and coping strategies for time limited problems (for example, grief counseling, job changes, a car accident, a divorce). From what you've described (and i could be wrong cuz i've only read a couple of your posts so far), i understand you to have gone through longer term, multiple traumas. As in most mental health diagnoses, whether the DSM has caught up to it or not, ptsd is a continuum. From one time occurrences described above to longer term experiences like war or to prolific, sometimes multiple perpetrator child abuse.

If your T's practice is brief therapy and you are a trauma survivor from long term abuse having her first therapy experience...well, i fear this isn't a good match. Again, only you can decide this but i would talk openly with your therapist about his comfort level in treating you given the issues you hope to cover. He should be honest enough to say if he feels qualified and up to the long haul. Most people with childhood abuse issues are looking at at least a few years of therapy.