I asked a colleague if she could recommend someone because she knew the community providers better than I did. She recommended someone she had seen herself, which gave me a bit of pause at first (I didn't want to 'steal' her therapist), but she assured me it was okay and I really needed help so I went ahead with the first appointment.

It worked out well although the first six to eight months was really rocky. It would have been rocky with any therapist because I wasn't in the place to trust anyone. Anyway, because my colleague had seen this T, I knew she took my insurance so that checked a big box. And that was five or six years ago. Now I only see her once a month for ongoing support.