I'm currently looking for a new therapist but I don't really know how to go about finding the right one....

I've tried online directories but there's just a long list of people who mostly haven't even uploaded a picture, don't have a website and don't even mention any areas they are specialized in. Also a lot of those pages haven't even been updated in years! My doctor gave me a list with a few people that she'd heard positive experiences from other patients highlighted, but when I google those I still can't find any more information. And I want to make sure that the therapist I go to is familiar with AvPD because I've had therapists before who treated it as social phobia and that only made things worse.

When I do a search for therapist specialized in personality disorders, I end up with mostly therapists not covered by insurance, and I can't afford to pay for it myself.

So how do you do it? Do you just randomly call different therapists? A fear of calling people is one of my issues, so that would be extremely hard for me. How the hell does someone who has anxiety over making phone calls get in touch with a therapist to help them with their anxiety?? I would prefer it if I could send an e-mail but then I want to be absolutely sure their contact info is up to date.....