My first experience with therapy was ludicrous.
After a brief intake interview, Kaiser Psych paired me with a scattered gentleman who seemed surprised to see me. His office was chaotic, and on visit two he couldn't remember what we'd discussed during visit one. Or hadn't taken notes.
I asked him, Why was I paired with you? He answered, "I'm more familiar with techies. They usually send techies to me."
My response, I'll admit, was not patient. I asked if "techie" had been added as a diagnostic category to the DSM. As he struggled with that I pointed out that while I do work in technology my role is at the senior executive level where "techie" wouldn't ordinarily be an appropriate label. As a P.S. I added that I wouldn't be back.
The experience unsettled me. While it was evidently a failed matchmaking attempt by a semi-competent bureaucracy, it left me both discouraged and contemptuous of the concept of therapy. It was years before I tried again, and then only under external pressure of increasingly dire urgency.