Institute For Human Identity

disclaimer: it could have been my own fault for not researching for a specific therapist. I understand it takes multiple tries to find the right therapist for you. This is the first time I went to a therapist. I was late 10 min. that must have annoyed the therapist but I called in advance and was apologizing she still agreed to see me.
But, I really thought the therapist there was being rude during our first 45-​min consultation. I understood that it wasn’t officially a therapy session but and initial consultation, but if the therapist is asking what are the things that are bothering me, how could I answer without explaining what it is plus why? She must have interrupted me at least 5 times to ‘get to the point’ while I was talking and kept telling me to list my problems. She would answer «that’s it? what else?» like she was rushing me. How could that be helping someone who thinks that they have social anxiety? She was an old lady and I could tell she was old school, and in other situations I could admire a sassy old lady. As a patient I was being put in a vulnerable position of trying to be honest with a stranger, making sense of my thoughts, but getting interrupted. She was making a shopping style list of the things i was saying, the whole thing was so computational. There was absolutely no empathizing, all I remember was she saying «okay, what else» after every response I had. Sorry if I am inexperienced with therapy, but seriously, go easy on the consultations, and give the patient some empathy for freakin’ sake. It felt like I was being stripped bare, it was a humiliating experience. I had to pay $ 150. I didn’t go back.
(p.s. if that’s what initial consultations are supposed to be like then, I don’t know what to say. I don’t think that’s cool)

Pretty good place to get help, if you need it.