Don't feel like you have to spill all your beans on the first date. You are allowed to home back until you feel like they are right for you.

The T should be more anxious than you to see if they're going to get your business. You're in control here. Not them.

Tell them what you want out of therapy, what you're expecting,

Ask them about their style ...do they do Dbt, cbt, emdr, are they psychoanalytic. If they say they do a combination as they usually do say try to get some more info out of them.

Ask if they have experience with bipolar patients

Ask them how they treat bipolar patients

Ask them if they are available to you in an emergency

If they try to teach you how to breath run