I am under an extraordinary amount of stress and have been for many years now. While I believe myself to be extremely emotionally resiliant and think that I am handling the stress well, it has been so many years now that it occurred to me that I may be losing perspective. Therefore, I made an appointment to see a therapist for a mental health checkup if you will. I have never gone to a therapist before and so, I don't really know how the selection process works.

I went down to a local counseling center and spoke with a counselor who took some preliminary information and explained that the process was that she would forward that to her boss who would then pass it on to a counselor within the next twenty-four hours who would call me immediately. Simple enough. The call came from what is to be my counselor and we set an appointment for three days from then, which is today.

Here's my concern: this guy and I are not going to really click. It took three minutes on the phone and I have zero confidence in him. I am going for the purpose of assessing my condition. I am getting a second opinion because I am aware that I may have lost perspective being too close to the matter - but however flawed my perception may or may not be, I have less confidence in his.

Options?