Hi Rainbow,

I was thinking about this last night. I think that if I were looking for a new T, I would approach the possible T's by:

- explaining my diagnosis and telling the T what I wanted to achieve in therapy.
- explaining the problems that I've had with therapy in the past (like all the attachment stuff.)
- asking the T if they were interested in working with me, and if so, what approach they would take.

Then, I could evaluate their approach and see if I liked what they were trying to do. If I felt that approach seemed good to me.

I don't think I'd bring up the "inner child" approach initially. One reason is that if you bring it up, a T who doesn't really do that kind of work might say that they do, just because you brought it up. Another reason is that if you commit yourself right now to a particular form of therapy, you might cut yourself off from some other approach that will do the same thing, and maybe will work for you even better.

Anyway, just my two cents.

Take care,
-Far