Hi Ipse_Dixit, I hope you're feeling better today. You're going through such rough times recently.

I can understand your wanting to feel independent in your choice of therapists and wanting a therapist who you won't connect with your former therapist. I went outside my insurance company's list of providers because not only did they not offer the kind of therapy I want, but I never did like the involvement of the insurance company in such an intimate and personal part of my life.

Because I wanted a therapist who would offer analytic or psychodynamic/psychoanalytic therapy, I searched via Google to find the closest Psychoanalytic Institute. ("Psychoanalytic Training Institutes"). Their site had a contact person listed. Some Institutes have clinics where you can go for therapy at a very reduced fee. This one did not but I emailed the contact person and asked if there was someone who was a candidate at the institute (an already practicing, licensed therapist who has been accepted and/or is studying analytic theory at the institute) who had a practice in my area. I was very lucky to click with the first one I talked to. She's quite a distance from me but worth it. I'm worth it.

Here's a link to the site I found that gave me the referral I was looking for: http://www.apsa.org/ABOUTAPSAA/APPRO...1/Default.aspx

Also check your phone book and make some calls to therapists listed there and/or Google their names to see what comes up.

ECHOES