I think once you find one good T that you can trust and respect and that has good skills, they can steer you to their colleagues who are similarly good. The trick is finding the first good one. My current T has given me good referrals for a therapist for my daughter, a family therapist for me and my daughter, a PNP for me, and a child specialist (who is a therapist) to work on the child issues in our divorce. All of these Ts have been good and my T has not lead me down a bad road once. If I didn't have my T, I don't think I would have done half so well in finding all these other Ts. For example, I asked my daughter's doctor for a referral to a child or teen therapist for her, and did not get any good leads. There was one practice they mentioned and I looked into it and it was very medical and I was afraid they would prescribe drugs to my daughter if I took her there. Another suggestion her doc had was from a flyer that came in the mail to her office about a child therapist. This is how she makes a referral? Anyway, so my T has been invaluable. So if you know a good one, ask them for other names in their network of colleagues.

That might not be a bad idea.