Hi (((((((hopeful))))))))) <- (i like your name )

My initial contact with my T was through e-mail also. He kept sending me e-mails back asking about good times to call, giving me his phone number, etc....but I was way too scared to use the phone and ended up putting off therapy for 2 more months. Once I ended up in crisis yet again, I e-mailed again (same T) and finally got brave enough to let him call me. We talked on the phone a few times before we met, and he was really helpful when I was thinking through what I wanted in a therapist. (I was trying to pick between him and another T)

Here I am 2 1/2 years later, and my life has changed SO much. I don't even feel like the same person in a lot of ways. Things are way better. I'm really, really glad that I finally just pushed through the fear and picked up the phone.

I guess my point is....it IS really scary, AND it's worth it.