Dear Doc,Although it might be difficult to get an initial appointment [maybe that's just in my area], your local State or County Mental Health Center will see you on a sliding scale basis, based on your income, or lack thereof. If you do not know how to locate same, call the nearest State psychiatric Hospital in your part of the country, or go to the yellow pages and look under mental health. Ask questions until you get the right phone #. The Psychologists in such facilities tend to be PhD's and are as likely as anyone in private practice to meet your needs. Best of Luck ~ billie
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Originally Posted by Dr.Muffin
where do you see your therapist? like, are they a private practice, part of a group practice, working at an agency of some sort or a hospital? and also, how did you find your therapist? word of mouth, through your insurance, on the internet?
my old therapist was recommended to me by one of my favorite professors. she said, i think you would really like her, and she was right! i really did. and i would probably still be seeing her now if she didnt have to move with her dumb old husband!  she was part of a group practice.
meanwhile my first therapist was my friend's therapist and she loooooved her, so i thought i would see her. she was older and retired from her previous positions. she had her own private practice.
having been a student for the past 10 years or so, i havent really had the best of insurance, so i dont have any experience finding a therapist that way. have any of you? has it been a good match?
just wondering  |