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Never received therapy but what do the 8 pages consist of? If it's important information like medical history, psychiatric history, etc., I'm assuming that's going to be required with everyone. If not, wouldn't that suggest you were speaking to a quality provider if they are wanting to get all the important details out of the way as opposed to wasting your time/money to jump into a void?
You sought out therapy, breh, is that really not worth ~1 hour of paperwork, if that?
Probably medical history and a mental health self-evaluation. A lot of people's first sessions are initial assessments only which normally would be fine because it's something they'd bill to an insurance company but when people are paying out of pocket it's a waste of money and time for the client/patient.
It’s been bout 10 years now