Thanks for your post and thanks to all those that replied. I have a very similar sounding situation going on: I meet a new psychologist soon that specializes in trauma and ptsd. He is also a man, and this will be my first guy therapist. I cancelled once already because I am struggling with such intense anxiety-- he was reluctant to offer me a second chance but I was able to admit to him my fears about therapy and etc. I'm glad I was able to open up, it lifted the elephant off my chest and now I'm actually feeling more positive to meet him. This thread has also helped me. I'll let you know how it goes, maybe he's really a funny looking dinosaur skeleton that escaped from the museum but yeah he sure knows how to email even if his voice was my idea of prehistoric....oh well, maybe I'll tell him how I must be going crazy if I fear he might be a dinosaur ��