Yes, alarm bells were a-ringin' when it seemed like I might be her first trauma client. I can only guess that the work she does with her drug addiction clients in a different context is key working or similar, not therapy.

I was up front about my issues, somehow it didn't seem to help much.

Honestly, it's confusing! First time round I was so wet behind the ears I didn't even ask any questions, I just thought I wanted to talk to somebody. Plus I wasn't so aware of all my attachment crap or trauma murk.

The other thing that's jarring for me is outside the model of either clinical or counselling psychology, I get very dubious about how all these non-academic training programmes operate. All these places in the UK offer 'training' in psychotherapy, and pretty much all want their trainees to start working with clients from their second term. Even if they have come from a totally different background with just a bit of relevant experience like being an auxiliary nurse etc

I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Bleurgh. I don't like this process! Five months until I start DBT so not crucial to find somebody I suppose.