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And how does one go about doing that when all you have is a name and number to go by?
Go to your favorite search engine, and search for "how to choose therapist". Read several of the articles you find on health-related sites. Use the information there to vet the therapists you're considering.
If you go to a directory like the one on Psychology Today's site, you can see their specialities, treatment modalities, training, what insurance they take, etc. A directory is a better starting point for a search than going to the yellow pages.
And how does one go about doing that when all you have is a name and number to go by?
. I'm not sure I understand your question. let's say you're looking for help with social anxiety. You google that and your location plus therapist. Same for any other topic./ Names will come up. You check out their websites, and take it from there.
. I'm not sure I understand your question. let's say you're looking for help with social anxiety. You google that and your location plus therapist. Same for any other topic./ Names will come up. You check out their websites, and take it from there.
I guess I momentarily forgot that we're living in the information age of Google, and everyone advertises him- or herself thereon! I was thinking of the dark ages, when literally all you had to go on was a name and number in the phone book if you had no referral or recommendation. Determining their style of therapy, specialty, philosophy, etc. would be quite the research project back then!
I guess I momentarily forgot that we're living in the information age of Google, and everyone advertises him- or herself thereon! I was thinking of the dark ages, when literally all you had to go on was a name and number in the phone book if you had no referral or recommendation. Determining their style of therapy, specialty, philosophy, etc. would be quite the research project back then!
Here, for example, are male therapists in or near Greenville SC that feature treating depression with cognitive behavioral therapy:
My experience agrees with this. Therapists, psychologists, counselors are the longer 'gab' sessions but anytime my family member went to a psychiatrist, after an initial consultation, it was strictly to assess how well the meds were working and make any necessary adjustments. Fifteen minutes might be considered generous IMO. It's been that way for at least a decade, maybe longer.
Yep most I have seen a psychiatrist is 40 minutes but that’s when I’m doing poorly. If I’m okay it’s like 10 minutes tops.
I guess I momentarily forgot that we're living in the information age of Google, and everyone advertises him- or herself thereon! I was thinking of the dark ages, when literally all you had to go on was a name and number in the phone book if you had no referral or recommendation. Determining their style of therapy, specialty, philosophy, etc. would be quite the research project back then!
I understand. Those truly were the dark ages, when one could only find out about therapist by word of mouth or the Yellow Pages. A lot of people ended up wasting a lot of time with counselors who weren't trained to address their issues, but who would latch onto any client, just to get some steady revenue. Thank heaven those days are over. The internet is a modern miracle. Make good use of it.
Suicide only entered the DSM5 because clinicians cried out for it. Many people still say suicide alone without other mental problems does not fit into the DSM5.
On the other hand about half the people who take their own lives have no history of mental health. Suicide is really strange.
Many people say much of what is in the DSM1-5 doesn't belong in there. One has to understand and take many of these diagnoses for what they are: opinions. Not true medical diagnoses backed by true medical test results or pathology. Opinion.
Many people say much of what is in the DSM1-5 doesn't belong in there. One has to understand and take many of these diagnoses for what they are: opinions. Not true medical diagnoses backed by true medical test results or pathology. Opinion.
I haven't ever heard that and would like to learn more. Any sources?
Many people say much of what is in the DSM1-5 doesn't belong in there. One has to understand and take many of these diagnoses for what they are: opinions. Not true medical diagnoses backed by true medical test results or pathology. Opinion.
This is a distortion. DSM diagnoses are tools used by clinicians in understanding clusters of symptoms in patients and tailoring treatment plans based on techniques that are known to have been helpful in working with those clusters of symptoms in the past. Guess what? That's how your "true medical diagnoses" (whatever that means) work for physical problems like cancer or abdominal pain, too. When you go to your MD, what you're getting is an educated opinion based on test results and a cluster of symptoms -- and anyone who's gone to an MD knows that the opinion can change as new information comes in. It's no different when one is working as a clinician with mental health problems.
Ha. Fell in love with the mom of a girl, ten, I was a threat, she tried everything to break us up. Took her to a shrink, who shrugged and said "Lets face it -- she's a brat".
Few days later, mom was committed to watching the girl next door, too, but was caled in to work, so I was drafted. I told the girls to raid the fridge for a picnic. At the park, I said "Here are the rules -- don't go where I can't see you". When I looked up from my book, I'd see their heads popping up above the riverbank. When I got them home, their moms had to pick them ip with tongs and hose them off.
We all learned that trust and fair rules are a two-way street. I wonder if the shrink knows about that. Mom and I didn't last long, but DSD still calls me "Dad".
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