After a bad match with my last therapist, I'm back to searching for a new one. Unfortunately, few in the area are taking patients, and even fewer meet the criteria of my insurance.

I feel like i chase away anyone I reach out to. I give them a call (which is excruciatingly difficult due to my anxiety around talking to new people), or send an email, briefly explaining what my biggest struggles are and what I have found useful in the past (specifically, what my child/youth therapist did that was helpful, before i sadly aged out of the youth system), and out of the fifty or so therapists I have reached out to, ONE was taking patients (and sadly turned out to be a horrible match for me), and only half a dozen returned my call or email saying they were not taking patients.

What else is there to do besides hope that someone will take pity on me and get back to me with good news?