impy, i'm tired - so to be brief:

- decide first whether you can/can't afford to pay for NYC-T and whether this "distance" you speak of is a deal breaker or not. this will dictate whether you are in fact looking for a second chair T or not.
- re: "second chair" therapist. you're making assumptions re: what therapists are willing/not willing to do. why not make a few calls and see if this is actually the case? old-t and austin-t have both been happy to play second chair to pdoc, knowing full well i do a significant amount of therapy with him.
- what is the go with group phd T? is this person someone you would entertain as a possible individual therapist?

um. possibly rendundant reply - have you spoken to NY T yet? hope it goes/went well, let us know.

juggling Ts is hard. austin/pdoc work because i have separate issues for them, conceive of our relationships differently. but if it was the same ground i think i would be confused. how is the current set up working for you?