Therapists, for the most part, are empathic, thoughtful people, and will not laugh at you or tell you that you are overreacting...they are trained to consider their client's feelings..I feel therapy is a GREAT idea

As far as finding a tehrpaist near you, I searched and found this great website, you can punch in your zipcode, and different therapist's pictures and introductions will come up

http://www.networktherapy.com/