Thanks! I will definitely post back tomorrow evening when I get back and calm down a bit.

And yes, I *wish* there were an easy way to match up with therapists. I remember reading here about a service (in the NE US, I think) that actually interviews people and matches them with therapists (that they personally know). They had a 90-something percent success rate, I think. I am so jealous! I *wish* someone here would do something like that (and do it well!).

Myrto - wow! You have a good memory! Yeah, searching for therapists is really awful. I don't know what I'm missing - why it's been so hard. I actually liked my last T (and had went back for awhile) - but last time I saw him, when he told me not to talk about my internet problems (it was much more complicated than that, honest!) I just thought... yeah, this is never going to work. I believe that he cared and genuinely wanted to help, but we just... didn't understand each other, I think? It's awful though to have someone that cares, wants to help, is technically qualified and able to help - and to just not be able to make it work!

Thanks everyone! I don't really know what to expect at this point. I'm sort of thinking... maybe I *should* have done the phone screen after all, but, I honestly can't think of any previous Ts where the phone screen made me feel *better* about them (but several times it made me feel worse). I don't like the voice that they all seem to use when talking to a new client for the first time on the phone... that very slow, emotionless, robot-like voice... eek. No.

*thanks*