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I can really relate to how you're feeling. I put off going to a therapist for YEARS for the same reasons. Finally, last August, I just felt like I was falling apart, and read a bunch of therapist profiles on the psychology today website and found someone I liked the sound of. I e-mailed him first, since that was an option on the website, and was much, much easier than calling. He sent me a really nice e-mail and asked me to call him. It took a while, but I got up the courage and finally did it a couple of weeks later, and we talked on the phone a bit. Then I chickened out again and didn't make an appointment until 3 months later in November. I talked to him on the phone then too - I was trying to decide between him and another therapist and he was so kind and helpful and spent a long time talking me through the decision on the phone. I ended up making an appointment with him.

It was REALLY SCARY to go the first time - well, the first few months, really. But I knew I had to do something different in my life. Now, 8 months in, I am so glad I finally got up the courage to take the leap and do it. I adore my T and my life is definitely better in so many important ways, and I am looking forward to seeing him for a long, long time.

Hope something there helps! Maybe you could start with an e-mail? That was much more comfortable for me.

Good luck!