I’m scheduled to start with a social worker who “has more experience” with trans clients. That’s how my current therapist described her. I’m kinda worried about opening up to someone without the lived experience to really understand where I’m coming from. And in the past, I’ve had therapists that ask stuff like, “Is that okay to say? Do people still say that?” about random queer-adjacent phrases or concepts. They always say, “I’m still learning.” I’m sympathetic, but it’s still distracting and kind of annoying to be doing that in the 1 hour a month that’s supposed to be explicitly for me.

I’m going to address all of this with her, of course. I just wanted some anecdotal experiences.