I found another therapist I thought I might like to work with. This is actually someone whose blog I have read and liked for a long time. She's a few states away, but I had considered in the past contacting her to see if we could do some sessions long distance as a kind of adjunct to my current therapy-- however I never followed through because she wasn't accepting insurance at the time.

Today I thought I would check her website again just in case, and low and behold she is taking several kinds of insurance, including mine. Of course I still don't know if she is willing to work long distance (via phone and/or email) so I need to ask about that, and how it works with inusrance. She has a message on her website to this effect:

"For questions, to request a free initial consultation, or to schedule an appointment, please call me, email, or use the contact form provided below. I look forward to hearing from you."

I like that she seems generous about answering some initial questions via phone or email without charging a fortune. I started thinking about what I might like to say, and I wrote out a little rough draft of an email explaining who I was, what I was looking for in therapy and why, and I asked my questions about billing, long distance, and insurance issues.

I figured I might as well lay it all out from the start, that way if the answer is "no", either to the long distance arrangement or to my particular set of issues, history, and symptoms, it will be known quickly.

But I don't know. What I wrote was eight paragraphs. Is that too long for a first email?

Of course I'm still not even sure if I'm going to send this at all. I'm just thinking. And I'm not dumping T yet for good, simply exploring options.

I feel like I'm starting a ton of threads lately! Hope I haven't made any of you hate me yet. Thanks for all the support I always get here.