I've asked things of my t's - turn off the light, move the clock to where I can see it, take the pillows off the couch, stop using the purell as soon as I walk in the door - but those requests came after I had known the t for a while, not on the first visit. I was t shopping and went to see a t who had a parrot. She walked around with it on her shoulder and it kept yelling "Goodbye!!! Goodbye!!!" She also had a life sized gorilla stuffed animal in the waiting room with a sign around its neck saying "I give hugs". I kind of liked the woman, but I couldn't deal with the parrot and fake gorilla, and I like animals. I never went back.