I have had many over the past 16 years. I got bounced around quite a bit when I first started having problems. Most had been PhD's however. The last one I had in California I saw for almost 10 years before I left would just sit & listen & really not interact at all with me & found that for all those years, I really didn't get anything out of those years. When I came to KY the first one I saw was a LCSW.....he was ok, but for the money, I wasn't getting enough out of it. I tried another psychologist who worked out of his home.....the first visit was quite obvious....NO FIT. I had such a negative view from others experiences with any of the community care places in California that I had never even considered that for myself, but finances & need pushed me into at least checking it out here. I have the best PhD here. I have never related to any of my psychologists as well as I have with her. The other programs that they offer through the center goes beyond anything I ever experienced in California. They have even provided a home T to come out to my farm & talk over the every day issues so that I can focus on the more difficult issues with my Psychologist. I have never heard of anything like this before & have been so very pleasantly surprised that the wonderful quality of care over this last year.

It definitely depends on the person you are going to & how you relate to them along. Training is important, but being able to relate is the most important as people can have all the training possible & be horrible in relating with the people that come to them with help.