Hello H: I see this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral! I hope you find the time you spend here to be of benefit.

I don't have a lot of experience with therapy myself. So I can't really be of a lot of help. But there are many members, here on PC, who do. Hopefully some of them will also reply to your post. Please do, however, also read back through other posts in the Psychotherapy forum. I suspect you'll find answers to a lot of your questions there.

In the meantime... here's a link to an article from PsychCentral's archives by our host, Dr. John Grohol, Psy.D., that may be of some interest. The article also provides links to many other helpful pieces of information on the subject of psychotherapy:

https://psychcentral.com/psychotherapy/

I don't know, of course, if you're here simply seeking advice with regard to this particular concern or if you plan to continue posting. However, should you be planning to continue on (we hope you do)... may I suggest you introduce yourself over on PC's New Member Introductions forum? Here's a link:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/new-...introductions/

There's a lot of support that can be available here on PC. The more you post, & reply to other members' posts, the more a part of the community you will become. Plus there are the chat rooms where you'll be able to interact with other PC members in real time (once your first 5 posts have been reviewed & approved.) So please keep posting!