fallenangel, it sounds like it's not worth it to start with this new pdoc since you are moving anyway. You would only see him once. Why not go to your regular doctor, explain the situation, and ask him/her to fill your scripts for 1-2 months, until you can get settled in your new location and locate a pdoc?

There may be some requirement that the pdoc see a minor with a parent at the first meeting. I know when my teenaged daughter started with a therapist, the first meeting was with all three of us. I think maybe we were together for half an hour, then daughter alone for half an hour. My daughter was assured total confidentiality, and she has been with this T for two years and T has never broken that. The meeting with me and daughter was to go over basic things, her approach to treatment, review the confidentiality policy so daughter could see T explaining firmly to me that I would NOT be part of their therapy (helps build trust for the T in the teen).

Similarly, with my family therapist, who I saw for joint therapy with my daughter, he does much the same with teens he sees individually. I know because I see them all the time in the waiting room. He meets first in a threesome (or foursome with both parents), then it is just him and the teen from then on (unless it is family therapy).

So I think this is very common, and perhaps some sort of requirement. I don't think you will have to discuss personal things. He may say some general things, like, he tries to encourage healthy habits like good diet, exercise, etc., and may talk about his experience and his practice so that mom and daughter can be reassured he is competent. Sometimes, for some conditions, such as ADHD, the pdoc or T likes to get a second assessment of the person's symptoms, because the client is not always accurate in assessing how well they are doing on a med, so they ask a person who lives with the client. But pdoc would get your permission first before doing this and it would probably not be at the first meeting.

At first I thought it is kind of odd pdoc called your mother to schedule the appointment, since you were the one who originally made the appointment (right?), but again, maybe this is some sort of requirement and he isn't allowed to call a minor directly. The family therapist of me and my daughter has called me before (e.g. to change an appointment time or about billing question) but never called my minor daughter himself. I think perhaps there might be some sort of ethical prohibition on that. So I think you may have put pdoc into a bit of an awkward position by being a minor and calling yourself. He probably cannot call you back. I know this feels awful right now. You feel like an adult and able to make your own decisions and arrangements. But legally, you are still a minor. You are almost 18, though, and then you will be on your own! Hang with it, you are almost there. Until you are 18, try getting your Rx from your GP this one time.

Good luck!