i don't believe Ts should be offended or put off if a client wants to ask a few general questions via phone or email first. they are providing a service and why waste our money and time and or even theirs if they can not sell themselves to us in that first 10 min conversation?

i was able to email my T some questions prior to meeting him and got straight to the point to why i wanted to meet him. he provided a very detailed response to my questions and offered to see me for an initial session at no charge. kudos to him because this is a brilliant strategy to get clients in through the door and definilty encourages him as a T to put his best foot forward into 'selling' himself as being the best T for you.

good luck with your search mytro. i have been there before too and i was upfront with my T as to why i was wanting to leave my ex-T. it didn't become the primary focus of my therapy with him, but talking some about it, i reckon, helped him to understand what i was needing and not getting from my ex-T better.