I ask because twice now I've picked up on an air of disapproval from three of my therapists about their immediate predecessors. No. 1 had no predecessors, and she referred me to 2, so no issues there. But when I mentioned 2's affect in session to 3, 3 offered unsolicited criticism of it, and when I returned to 2, she in her turn seemed unsolicitedly critical of 3. And DBC/4b clearly has several issues with 3 (down to suggesting she wasn't actually trained to deal with my issues).

So, what is this? Not jealousy, I wouldn't think. Different methods? Attempts to distance the client from the former therapist's way of working by subtle criticism, and so to open them up to new therapist's way?

So if you've had multiple therapists, have you ever noticed this?