Maven, often psychologists (here in the States) won't see you unless you also are seeing/under the care of a psychiatrist. Many believe that you "need" meds to help focus and get to the work that needs to be done in individual therapy so they kind of have you in a bind if they want/pressure you to try meds and you don't want to. If that happens after you've started seeing them and are working with/like them, that can be very uncomfortable and difficult.

AngelicEnigma, I'd bring it up the first session when you go for your initial session. Just make a comment/statement as you're telling the therapist about yourself and your problems that you aren't on meds and don't foresee :-) wanting them as you've tried them a couple times in the past and they didn't work for you and the side effects were more than you wished to work with and it was more hassle than it was worth. The meds are causing the problem, not YOU.

You need to state your interests/beliefs up front though as it is possible that working along your therapist might see how meds might help you but if you haven't told her you don't want them, she's not going to have known that. Telling the therapist up front will help both of you before you start really working together so the therapist will know whether or not they're able to work with someone who has your problems given they don't want meds. Not all therapists are going to be willing to do that if after awhile it looks to them that you might do better on meds. But "warning" them up front you want the "hard" way, they'll maybe feel badly for you that you want to tough it out but shouldn't feel guilty or angry, etc. or get argumentative/arm twisting :-) etc.