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Shameless plug: my wife runs a psychology practice in Boston and wrote a little free guide on this topic. PDF grabbable here: https://azimuthpsych.com/downloads

Shameless plug: my wife runs a psychology practice in Boston and wrote a little free guide on this topic. PDF grabbable here: https://azimuthpsych.com/downloads/Azimuth_How_to_Find_a_Therapist_[ebook].pdf https://azimuthpsych.com/downloads/Azimuth_How_to_Find_a_The...

rhencke 8y ago
This is actually really good. I've seen more therapists in my lifetime than I care to admit. But something like this would have helped a lot when I was starting out. The casual approach does a really nice job at breaking things down and explaining parts of the process, without feeling like it's being dumbed down at all. It makes it feel very approachable, which is very welcome, given how daunting it felt (at least for me) starting out. I cracked up at "My therapist is dull and doesn’t laugh at my cat memes. Should I keep seeing them for therapy?".
- gonnadoit05 8y ago
  I’ve been in and out too. The biggest problem is cost, because in-network doesn’t provide you with enough sessions (insurance limits the number of sessions), you’re stuck having to pay out of network costs if you want more than once a month or once a week. I was looking at an extra 4 times a week, but therapists were quoting me $250 per 50 min session. That’s $1000 per week, I cant afford that and I’m confident in my extreme thoughts getting worse and there’s nobody I can talk to about extreme vengeful hurtful thoughts and once a month or even once a week isn’t going to help when I’m genuinely asking for 4 sessions a week but insurance will never cover that so I’m stuck having to pay out of pocket and as I said this once a week is just not enough and so I’m stuck with my thoughts where only every now and then I can make a rational thought and the rest of the day is filled with unimaginable extreme pain and extreme thoughts. And worse, therapists won’t reduce their price from $250 per session hour for these extra 4 sessions per week that I’m requesting, because, obviously $1000 per week (for 4 sessions) is a lot of money for them. This industry turns into a sham when therapists can charge $1000 per week to the man scraping by (but looks healthy enough to give the impression he can afford that amount)
L_Rahman 8y ago
This didn't even need the shameless plug disclaimer. The bulk of this is just good stuff to help you build a mental model for: 1. What therapy is 2. How therapy fits inside a broader context of other kinds of practice - counseling, psychiatry 3. Some common misconceptions 4. How to go about a search process Bookmarked to send to friends who are hovering in the general vicinity of finding a therapist in the future.
JoblessWonder 8y ago
That is a great document. Really covers all kinds of stuff in just the right amount of detail. Pedantic alert: I know it isn't you, but your wife... but MFT degrees don't "specifically on couples and family therapy." The degree is just named that because the license is named that. The programs cover individual, couples, and family therapy but since the license isn't named that the programs aren't named that.
jayceekay 8y ago
that was great, thanks.

rhencke 8y ago

This is actually really good. I've seen more therapists in my lifetime than I care to admit. But something like this would have helped a lot when I was starting out. The casual approach does a really nice job at breaking things down and explaining parts of the process, without feeling like it's being dumbed down at all. It makes it feel very approachable, which is very welcome, given how daunting it felt (at least for me) starting out. I cracked up at "My therapist is dull and doesn’t laugh at my cat memes. Should I keep seeing them for therapy?".

gonnadoit05 8y ago
I’ve been in and out too. The biggest problem is cost, because in-network doesn’t provide you with enough sessions (insurance limits the number of sessions), you’re stuck having to pay out of network costs if you want more than once a month or once a week. I was looking at an extra 4 times a week, but therapists were quoting me $250 per 50 min session. That’s $1000 per week, I cant afford that and I’m confident in my extreme thoughts getting worse and there’s nobody I can talk to about extreme vengeful hurtful thoughts and once a month or even once a week isn’t going to help when I’m genuinely asking for 4 sessions a week but insurance will never cover that so I’m stuck having to pay out of pocket and as I said this once a week is just not enough and so I’m stuck with my thoughts where only every now and then I can make a rational thought and the rest of the day is filled with unimaginable extreme pain and extreme thoughts. And worse, therapists won’t reduce their price from $250 per session hour for these extra 4 sessions per week that I’m requesting, because, obviously $1000 per week (for 4 sessions) is a lot of money for them. This industry turns into a sham when therapists can charge $1000 per week to the man scraping by (but looks healthy enough to give the impression he can afford that amount)

L_Rahman 8y ago

This didn't even need the shameless plug disclaimer. The bulk of this is just good stuff to help you build a mental model for: 1. What therapy is 2. How therapy fits inside a broader context of other kinds of practice - counseling, psychiatry 3. Some common misconceptions 4. How to go about a search process Bookmarked to send to friends who are hovering in the general vicinity of finding a therapist in the future.

JoblessWonder 8y ago

That is a great document. Really covers all kinds of stuff in just the right amount of detail. Pedantic alert: I know it isn't you, but your wife... but MFT degrees don't "specifically on couples and family therapy." The degree is just named that because the license is named that. The programs cover individual, couples, and family therapy but since the license isn't named that the programs aren't named that.

jayceekay 8y ago

that was great, thanks.