The training organisation I contacted matched me up with a trainee therapist, to see if we might work together. I spoke to her on the phone, and this woman sounded pretty nice. I was a bit because it's her first year of training, and when I asked about modalities I got the rather vague 'electic' answer, and her saying that she doesn't put too much weight in the theories but about what comes up for the individual. When I look at the course she is doing, it mentions a lot of names and I think the course looks really interesting, but unsure as to what questions I need to ask to check out if she is going to be able to work with me.

I asked her about attachment, and trauma, and she replied that in her day job she works with people with drug addiction stemming from attachment and trauma. I asked her in what capacity does she work with these people, and she couldn't really answer, except that it's not psychotherapy.

I don't mean to be blunt, but right now I can't see what great use she would be to me, if she's only been training since last September, one night a week. I'm finding it frustrating that I can't seem to articulate precisely what it is I need in a therapist, and why I am hesitating about seeing this one.

What questions were useful to you when you were determining if a therapist might be a good match?

What obvious steps am I missing?