How do I get in touch with a therapist?

Other sources:

1. Call a university psychiatry or psychology department and ask recommendations of people trained in that program.
2. If you’re moving to a new city, ask your current therapist for referrals, or have him check with colleagues.
3. Call a large clinic; ask the receptionist for recommendations.

What should I say in my first email to a therapist?

Describe what you need help with, but keep it brief There will be time later to go into specifics, but in your initial email to a therapist, a simple sentence or two about what you’d like to address in therapy is sufficient.

How do I ask for a therapy consultation?

How do you feel talking to the therapist?

1. Do you feel emotionally and physically safe?
2. Does it seem like you could trust this person?
3. Do you like how they carry themselves?
4. Do you think they ask good questions?
5. Do they seem knowledgeable and competent?
6. Do you like them and enjoy spending time with them?

Do you need to find a therapist?

Whether an adult or child needs therapy, finding the right therapist takes research, patience, and intuition. You need to find a therapist. Your life, your child, your marriage is suffering. But for many people, this task is daunting.

Why don’t clients get called back?

It also may not be a conscious thought that comes up for you. For instance, studies have shown that there are distinct proven biases regarding non-white sounding voices or particular names being a reason that a client doesn’t get called back.

Should you refer a bias to another therapist?

If you are struggling with a bias and it continues to show up in sessions with your client, even after you’ve done your own work regarding it, you need to refer that client out. There is nothing shameful about referring out. We need to recognize that sometimes another therapist is a better fit for a client than we are.

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