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People always say to get help but how specifically do you find a psychiatrist/therapist? Try them at random from yelp/yellow pages?

by aianus 10y ago

spb 10y ago
I found mine from a referral through an email to the author of an article on Psychology Today about issues similar to what I was going through, describing the kind of qualities I was looking for (specifically, I asked if they knew someone who'd be able to understand when I use movie and TV analogies to describe how I'm feeling). The author must have forwarded my email to a colleague (who may have, in turn, forwarded it to further links in a chain - all the intermediary addresses were duly absent from the final referral I got, as should be expected from professionals), because soon after, I got a response from a new contact, referring me to a therapist who turned out to be a good fit. Looking for a therapist can really suck (I'd had somewhere around eight months of trying at least five different bad-fit therapists before I tried the random-midnight-email approach above), so I figured I'd mention the approach that actually ended up working for me.
gummysmrind 10y ago
My health insurance had a list of people in the network but yeah. For a therapist you both need to be on the same page so you need to see who you click with. i saw one that just made me feel worst about my self. I just stopped going and tried someone different,eventually gave up on therapists... Psychiatrist is a little easier since they're all legit doctors, mds,or I got lucky. Although people like to talk about how mental health related drugs are over prescribed so i guess there's enough crappy ones. they're their to prescribe and make sure you don't get worse. its a simpler relationship, like the doctor you see when your leg breaks or a dentist.
Flemlord 10y ago
Go to Castle Connolly and search on Psychiatry in your area. This is a curated service that identifies the best doctors in any specialty; I've used it many times for myself and family members and always been happy with their recommendations. https://www.castleconnolly.com/ https://www.castleconnolly.com/ There is a small fee, although you can still see the doctor's name and location without joining.

People always say to get help but how specifically do you find a psychiatrist/therapist? Try them at random from yelp/yellow pages?

by aianus 10y ago

People always say to get help but how specifically do you find a psychiatrist/therapist? Try them at random from yelp/yellow pages?

spb 10y ago

I found mine from a referral through an email to the author of an article on Psychology Today about issues similar to what I was going through, describing the kind of qualities I was looking for (specifically, I asked if they knew someone who'd be able to understand when I use movie and TV analogies to describe how I'm feeling). The author must have forwarded my email to a colleague (who may have, in turn, forwarded it to further links in a chain - all the intermediary addresses were duly absent from the final referral I got, as should be expected from professionals), because soon after, I got a response from a new contact, referring me to a therapist who turned out to be a good fit. Looking for a therapist can really suck (I'd had somewhere around eight months of trying at least five different bad-fit therapists before I tried the random-midnight-email approach above), so I figured I'd mention the approach that actually ended up working for me.

gummysmrind 10y ago

My health insurance had a list of people in the network but yeah. For a therapist you both need to be on the same page so you need to see who you click with. i saw one that just made me feel worst about my self. I just stopped going and tried someone different,eventually gave up on therapists... Psychiatrist is a little easier since they're all legit doctors, mds,or I got lucky. Although people like to talk about how mental health related drugs are over prescribed so i guess there's enough crappy ones. they're their to prescribe and make sure you don't get worse. its a simpler relationship, like the doctor you see when your leg breaks or a dentist.

Flemlord 10y ago

Go to Castle Connolly and search on Psychiatry in your area. This is a curated service that identifies the best doctors in any specialty; I've used it many times for myself and family members and always been happy with their recommendations. https://www.castleconnolly.com/ https://www.castleconnolly.com/ There is a small fee, although you can still see the doctor's name and location without joining.