Wow, so many replies! Thank you guys, so much! I see you're almost unanimous in your opinions, which helps a lot. You've all been very reassuring.

I was initially referred to this therapist, who is apparently a psychologist with training in CBT (and not that young at all), by the psychiatrist. I discussed this problem today with the psychiatrist and definitely decided to cancel further appointments with that therapist.

Not sure what I'll do for counseling for the time being, not sure how good a counseling I'll get from this psychiatrist, but she's starting me on ‪venlafaxine‬ now so we'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll look for counseling elsewhere or look for a different shrink all together eventually.

Thanks everyone once more!