So I met with a new potential therapist and asked the following questions but they refused to answer them. I was really surprised and a bit alarmed that they would refuse as I couldn’t see what reason there would be for refusing. I explained it was important to me to feel as confident as I could that it was the right match as I had had bad previous therapy experiences.
They said the reason was because it would all come down to the relationship with the client however I find that a really odd response.
Questions were:
Do you have any areas you specialise in?
What issues would you not work with?
How would you describe your approach to therapy?
How would you handle working with huge fear of abandonment/rejection and what experience do you have with this?
Are you comfortable working with disorganised attachment and parental transference and how would you work with these issues?
What reasons would you terminate a client and how would you handle this?
What do you believe a therapy session should look like?
If a client expressed suicidal thoughts, at what point would you deem it necessary to break confidentiality?

Maybe I got it completely wrong so I guess I’m just looking for opinions on whether these are unacceptable questions?