I (46 MTF) am going to start reaching out to therapists in the coming days, and I am fortunate to live in an area where there appear to be a number of therapists / LGBTQ centers who have gender expertise.
For those who also live in such areas, did any of you do an initial consultation with a few therapists before deciding on one? It just seems like this is such an important relationship and you'd want to be comfortable with the person with whom you're going to be spending a lot of time.
Did anyone do this, and if you did, what were the initial consultations like, and how did you decide on your chosen therapist?
One final question, one of my options is an LGBTQ health center that offers comprehensive health services (ie, therapists + medical doctors to prescribe hormones). Have people who have used this kind of unified services platform liked it?