I've had:
- A T that a friend's dad recommended (he was a doctor and referred patients there)
- A T that had been my college psych professor many years prior
- A specialist that another T asked me to see for a consult
- Lots of referrals from the specialist
- A referral from a psychiatrist that I never met (a T referred me to him, I didn't want meds, but did email him asking for referrals for my issue).
- And current T who I found online. I liked that he has a pretty thorough website with a lot of information about himself and his practice, and that he wasn't associated with any of my past Ts, who kind of screwed things up a bit.
- Oh, and an email-T once, that I found in an old online directory of Ts that would do remote work (I think the directory isn't up to date anymore)