Hi guys. Thanks for so many replies. It is very much appreciated

Just to address a few points made, when I said that a client is no longer considered a client after 6 months has elapsed, what I meant was this is after therapy has finished so sorry if I created any confusion. This time period has nothing to do with the time frame of therapy. I know that my therapist sees people for both long and short term therapy. She told me this and that she has had some clients for several years. The fact that I could be seeing this therapist for potentially a year or more (as I expect will be the case) makes me feel uneasy when I read that once therapy has ended, there is a 6 month break and then I am no longer considered a client. Perhaps I am reading too much into this as I do suffer with mild paranoia but this sets alarm bells ringing for me.

As for the part about being referred to another therapist if sexual attraction develops during the course of therapy, I don't think this is related to the time frame my therapist works in because like I said, she doesn't just see clients for short term therapy, she does long term work as well. Somebody mentioned that it sounds like a behavioral therapist rather than a psycho-dynamic therapist. I know this isn't the case as on my paperwork, my therapists states she is a psycho-dynamic therapist. Having looked into this approach I would expect any psycho-dynamic therapist who knows their s*** to be able to deal with transference of any kind or at least be willing to try before sending you packing to another therapist or clinic.

I have taken on board what everyone has said including the view of seeing this as a good policy to let you know all this stuff at the outset etc. but I have a really bad feeling in my gut about this. I will think it over some more but I think I'm going to look for someone else.