It was unclear to me if you send in the paperwork before you see your T or give it to him/her at the start of the first session?
If you are going to give it to him/her, I would respond more generally, not pay a whole lot of attention to it; the first interview with your T will tell them and you more about whether it is a relationship that each of you might want to pursue or not.
If you send or turn in the papers before your first visit, I would be more specific and thoughtful (and keep a record of what you wrote :-) as it might help inform and direct some of the first session.
If I were to give the paper to the T though, I would not want the T to be using it as crib notes for themselves, reading off it instead of interacting with you; "I see you have had problem with depression since you were 10, could you tell me more about that?" I'd insist on more direct interaction so you could get a better sense of the T and his/her personality and whether you might want to work with them. I would make up my own set of questions/interests in what to discuss and see how easy it is to lead and if the T follows your lead readily or wants to do too much directing, etc. The T should be able to readily answer questions about their methods and interests and not just be trying to get you to talk for their benefit.
The paper, it seems to me, is either a formality or a tool and I'd like to be able to figure out which and be in on its use if it's a tool.
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