I had a breakdown while working one day (I was working in Customer Service for a cable company, it was the worst job ever) and that week saw pdoc the first time (found him from my insurance.) He diagnosed clinical depression & prescribed meds and at every med check he'd recommend concurrent talk therapy but I dragged my feet on that for a year or so. Finally looked up some names on his list he gave me, on psychology today and stumbled upon ex-t's profile. I was drawn to her because her profile talked about dream work and I was intrigued. I called her and one on pdocs list, she called me back, we just totally clicked from that first phone call, and I saw her for going on 8 years (until 7 months ago). If I were independently wealthy, I would still be seeing her for maintenance, she doesn't take insurance and paying out of pocket for most of the 8 years got rather expensive.