I've been seeing a therapist for about a few months and it's been going well. I might have CPTSD from childhood abuse and that affects my adult life in a bunch of ways. What I've been talking to my therapist about recently is dating and what types of women I'm attracted to.

One thing he asked me to do was to go in the complete opposite direction of what I've been attracted too, which what I'm attracted to is manipulative and emotionally/verbally abusive women. But he didnt give me tools to sort these types of women out before they enter my life.

Is there a way I can sort out women from the aforementioned negative qualities when getting to know them without alienating women who are genuinely interested in me or any other idea?