write things down, so that you can make sure your therapist can get the full extent of what you say, if need be you can just hand the peice of paper for him/her to read. The more information you can get to them right at the beginning might help them start further along in the process.

In Canada there are various resources that allow for therapy to be paid for by salary, there also some free groups that help. insurance here doesn't cover anything. I personally have agreed to draining my bank account, as I know the process works. I however don't see a physchologist but a Psycho-Therapist, a person with a Masters in Social work, he is very well trained and is 100 dollars cheaper.

Anyway I don't know if any of that is availalble in the UK, but might be worth investigatin