There has been no published research to date comparing the impact of different primary referral sources for a student seeking counseling services on student initial counseling perceptions. Using 82 undergraduates in counseling, this study partitioned these students into two referral groups, where 1 = self-referred (myself), N = 45 versus 2 = other-source referred (including family, friends, significant other, or university staff), N =37. New and reliable scales were used to measure two initial perceptions, counselor meeting anxiety and belief in counseling help. Results showed that the "other source" group had significantly higher counselor meeting anxiety than the self-source group. However, there was no significant difference between groups in their belief in counseling help.