> The only people I've known personally who see a therapist are women (and from that small sample they don't want you to see their same person). Which is fair

> The only people I've known personally who see a therapist are women (and from that small sample they don't want you to see their same person). Which is fair enough. That's why I'm suggesting to not get their therapist's details to see the same person, but to get a recommendation from the therapist. Hopefully that would alleviate their concerns. AFAIK a good therapist will not see people who are too close to each other anyway as there can be a bias on the therapist's side due to the close relationship. For example doing both couple and individual therapy with the same therapist is not a good idea.