Hey. When you go to therapy... The first session should be about you telling them what you want to work on. If you want to work on anxiety then that is great. Most therapists are happy about working on anxiety.

Dx typically isn't so very important to them... If they ask about your history it is up to you what you say...

I've done a little of both being upfront and saying that I'd rather they assess me on the basis of my current symptoms and not disclosing anything.

Advantages of disclosure are that (some people find) it cuts short the assessment process because when you mention dx the t starts to form a picture of what to work on because they use the dx as a heuristic for figuring your likely symptoms.

Advantages of not disclosing are that (some people find) it doesn't cut short the assessment process because they don't make assumptions about your likely symptoms on the basis of a dx category.