She is about 40 years-old (I'm 32) and she graduated about 10 years ago from her Ph.D. One of the reasons I chose her is that she has a lot experience training interns, and is in charge of training psychology postdoctoral fellows and psychiatry residents at a "fancy" medical school.

I know that lots of letters after someone's name doesn't make someone more competent, but I wanted her to have experience and a solid academic background.

I will very politely/respectfully ask if there is something about me (that is not my fault) that makes her uncomfortable/feel ineffective. Aka are there countertransference issues/do I trigger any of her schemas? She tends to be quite good about not getting defensive so perhaps there is something there.