Thank you very much! I found the forum and the downloadable book and I"m so excited to get into it. I'm used to doing my own, also, through self help books and classes but this looks like just the type of support I need.

I did use the online referral for a local therapist to contact a few. one is booked. The other one never called and the third said she would call again but never did. She sounded so phone shy and out of it, I don't know what to think about that, might not be a good idea.

They didn't seem to know my request was coming from this site, as it is through Psychology Today they assumed. No biggie. I can continue looking & refer to the articles in the site to see if they are aware of these issues and how they feel. but I sort of feel that unless they are aware they are on this site, I am facing the same issues.