General questions/advice about therapists

I followed my therapists Facebook business page for a very long time and thought about starting therapy for a very long time before contacting her. I had previously had nhs therapy and experienced 1 bad therapist for counselling before it was changed to a good one. The bad one really made me feel worse quite quickly so I was transferred to another and given I think 12 sessions of counselling on the phone. The guy I had was brilliant and it worked well for me, but being the nhs it just wasn’t long enough. 
my therapist makes me feel at ease, which is no mean feat as I am highly anxious and struggle to trust anyone easily. She is in some ways quite similar to me and I find this helps. I would say it is easier to tell when a therapist is a bad fit for you than to tell if they are a good fit. 

I followed my therapists Facebook business page for a very long time and thought about starting therapy for a very long time before contacting her. I had previously had nhs therapy and experienced 1 bad therapist for counselling before it was changed to a good one. The bad one really made me feel worse quite quickly so I was transferred to another and given I think 12 sessions of counselling on the phone. The guy I had was brilliant and it worked well for me, but being the nhs it just wasn’t long enough. 
my therapist makes me feel at ease, which is no mean feat as I am highly anxious and struggle to trust anyone easily. She is in some ways quite similar to me and I find this helps. I would say it is easier to tell when a therapist is a bad fit for you than to tell if they are a good fit. 

My son had one really lovely therapist who he ‘saw’ (over the phone) for nearly a year. However he want actually seeing any improvement at all in his difficulties despite her being really nice and he got on well with her more or less. But because he wasn’t actually feeling any better he requested a change of therapist (this was nhs) and the one they replaced her with was just horrible! Maybe it was meant to be ‘tough love’ - but she really upset him, demanded things of him that he just couldn’t do, and then abruptly discharged him! Worst of all though she just made him feel so upset, and as if she was accusing him of just not trying, and not engaging with therapy, when he really was doing the very best he could. It really put him off trying therapy again for absolutely ages. And now he feels he’s been ‘burned’ and is very weary of services in general, and quite cynical about the services that are meant to help people.