Thinking of making contact? (9)
I believe the answer is:
telepathy
'contact?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for telepathy that I've seen before include "Communication between minds without speech, writing etc" , "ESP" , "special form of communication" , "Mental communication" , "Ability to read someone's mind" .)