As the others have said, there is paperwork to fill out and some therapists will go over it with you. I had questions for my T about the paperwork, because it was pretty prominent in the paperwork that if you were suicidal, it was an exception to the confidentiality thing and he was going to take action. And the whole reason I was there was because I was suicidal but didn't want to be hospitalized. So we went over that: when he would and would not call my husband or force me into hospitalization. And that pretty much opened to the door to moving right into dealing with the depression.

ETA: I'm so glad it went well! Never mind what I said then.