I think to ex T (my first clinical psychologist and second T) I was a difficult client.

I came up regularly in her peer consultation meetings and a couple of times in her supervisory sessions.

She admitted that she felt helpless and unable to formulate a treatment plan due to my many presenting problems.

She also admitted she felt regularly irritated, frustrated, overwhelmed with me, because I am very talkative in session and for other reasons.

I required much more work from her out of session than most of her other clients.

I was also her first LGBT client and she was completely ignorant about the basics...I had to educate her that sexual orientation, gender presentation and gender identity were completely different things.

Current T... I don't know if she considers me easy or difficult.

I know she thinks I am talkative. I still require that T do a lot of extra work outside of session.

I'm also likely am the only client who private messages her out of session via her public social media profile, though I may not be the only client with out of session contact.

I'm her first LGBT client as well and she has no training or experience with LGBT clients though she has stated she has LGB friends.

Honestly, I'm always fearing T thinks I want to be a special snowflake and is disgusted by how needy I am.