I did an intial consult with six or so different therapists before I finally settled on the one I'm seeing now. I actually started with someone else, but then decided it just didn't quite feel right, so I went back to my current therapist.

I've seen a lot of therapists, and there have been a lot of incompetent ones in the mix. (The one who, in an initial appointment, interrupted what I was saying so she could spray a water gun at her kitten who was climbing on her desk comes to mind.) But there have also been some really good ones (one I had to leave because I moved to a different state).

I want to say this gently, and hope it comes across that way - it feels as if you're trying to discount therapists before you've really gotten to know them. I understand completely that the way some people write about themselves or their practice just turns me off. I think it's hard to distill what a therapist does into a paragraph or two. And what the therapist does is probably going to be different depending on who the client is. I always felt I got much more information from sitting across from someone than from reading about them.

Again, I'm sorry you're struggling right now, Pachy.