Hi, Amy. I guess you have to decide/pick something you wish were better and work on it for therapy to work. I was in therapy from when I was 20 to when I was 55 but I consider my therapy as working.
Why are you starting therapy at all if you don't feel it is for you? It sounds a little like leading a horse to water but. . . What "kinds" of therapy have you tried? Maybe psychodynamic isn't for you and you might want something more "hands-on" where you work on tasks (getting out, making friends, getting a good support network, etc.)? I was just thinking how much "energy" we can get from other people/ideas (one reason I like online forums like this where I can "exercise" my energy, give and get) and how important that is to me to interact with others.
Don't worry at first about your new therapist's background and/or education, check her out as a person and see if you "like" her and are comfortable with her and if anything "clicks." Therapists are just other people and it's their personal gifts, education, experience that make them useful to others but like anyone else, "who" they're going to be useful to differs. It's a little like applying/interviewing for a job; one doesn't end up working everywhere one applies because either the person interviewing doesn't think you would fit the job/company or you don't think you would like that particular job or company. I once used my avatar (on the left) on the top of my resume, a bit larger, and sent it out. I didn't want to work anywhere that didn't "enjoy" me and my humor and quirky self :-) I found a "perfect" job for me at that time. What would you like in a therapist? What would you idealy like therapy to be like?
Were I in your shoes, I'd try to muster a little curiosity (one of my strong suits :-) about the therapist as another person and whether she and I can work together to help me. One usually doesn't get to ask a therapist personal questions/get to know much about them but their "character" is there to read as our own is; that's what the relationship is about and imagining embarking on the "journey" of therapy with that companion. . .