I thought of a few questions for new potential T. I emailed her. I don't expect her to get back to me before our session but I hope to get these questions answered within the first few sessions. Hopefully this will help me discover if she is the right therapist for me. Or at least "good enough."

What do you think?

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I thought of a few questions for you. I certainly don't expect a response before our session, but I know for me, I often need a bit of time to think about things and I try to afford that to others as well. I don't know if we will get to these questions on the first session because it depends how long the intake is, but I wanted to ask them anyway.

1) How would you describe your therapeutic approach?
2) Do you work on building rapport with patients? How do you typically relate to patients?
3) If I don't know what to bring up in session, are you comfortable jump starting the conversation? Or do we sit in silence until I figure out something to say?
4) How should I prepare for our therapy sessions?
5) How do you prepare for our therapy sessions?
6) If I have a self harm episode or episodes between sessions, do you prefer to know at the time of the occurrence, or just wait and tell you in session? I mean, if I need medical attention for them, there is a possibility of going IP and I would probably need to tell you in case that the upcoming session might not be able to be attended. Or I could have my Dad call you ahead of the appointment, if you are comfortable with that.
7) If I have things--delusions or hallucinations--competing for my attention during our time together--do you have a therapeutic intervention for this? I do tend to be day-dreamy anyway, but there are times when there are some other things dividing my attention. I don't want to seem not dedicated or committed at the time, but sometimes my brain just functions a bit differently than other people and it can take a bit more effort on my part to remain present.

Thank you for your consideration.