Main reason for looking for a new T is money, the one I have now is too expensive for me. If I do get a new one I will look for an in-network doc so I only have to pay a copay.

Besides that, I don't know that my T was really doing anything for me. I want someone who will help me delve into the root of my problems and provide me with some tools to combat them. The one I've been seeing basically only talks about what is on my mind at that moment, like a symptom-based approach. Thing is, I only see him when I have symptoms because of this, but since I've been on meds at the current dosage, I haven't really been having any symptoms to talk about.

The only negative about finding someone else is that I will have to go through all the details of my episode all over again, starting from scratch, and now that I'm medicated, things will be a bit biased and distorted (my original T saw me at my "craziest," so to speak).

Another thing I disliked about therapy is not being able to figure out what the focus of the meetings should be. It was all disjointed and many times felt like wasted time, we were talking about things which lacked real significance or basically qualified as general chit-chat.

I guess my desire to speak to someone stems from the lack of having any real confidante, someone I can talk to without boundaries and who will listen and also be critical and supportive. I feel that if I had some or even one good friend(s) who were reliable enough and weren't judgemental that I wouldn't even need a therapist to begin with.

Oh well, I guess I'll play it by ear and see if I can find someone in-network who is recommended, I will start by asking my pdoc about that. My current T (although I haven't seen him in months) uses basically a Rogerian approach to psychotherapy, I wonder if I would benefit more from psychoanalysis or CBT - anyone have experience with these approaches? (I know, not everyone was a psych-major like I was so you might not even know).