This is one for the record books. Eew.

As for my first appts, I've been doing this a long time so I'm at the point where I mostly listen for stock therapist talk and generic techniques used to get information, which I hate. It's one way I weed them out. I want someone who can have a natural conversation, even in the context of a first appt where she's mostly gathering information and sharing how she works. If she can listen and treat me like an individual and not act like a therapy machine, I will schedule a second appt.