Dear You Will Rise ... I like your username ... Thanks for posting this!
CONGRATULATIONS! EXCELLENT SELF CARE ON YOUR PART! I completely agree with you! Good psychotherapy skills PLUS not just throw meds at you! And YES, CONTINUE TO BE PICKY! YOU ARE WORTH IT! and yes I was shouting that, so you could hear that it's okay to be picky ~ this is YOUR life so LOVINGLY LIVE IT!

In general, I have found that it's difficult to find even JUST ONE mental health care professional, who is: #1 Mentally healthy, #2 Has excellent skills as a talk therapist, #3 Can purely care & put the mental, emotional, physical health of client/patient FIRST. So if you can find ONE PERSON who can do both ~ be an EXCELLENT psychotherapist AND is a psychiatrist as well, then you've found something EXTREMELY RARE!

If you can't find ONE PERSON who can do both, then find TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCELLENT ... ONE FOR EACH ASPECT ~ an MD & a psychotherapist.

Whatever you do, do NOT settle for "just okay" in one or both people. I've had situations when I've settled for just okay, and it usually doesn't improve my situation. Then I continue to wonder WHY I'm doing any therapy at all, and then I get even MORE depressed. So believe me, do NOT settle! Take the time to find EXCELLENT assistance!

Continue to be picky & believe that the "right" person/people" will come into your life. The saying that comes to mind: "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
(... my previous dilemma was this: I think I'm ready, so why hasn't the SUPER HELPFUL teacher shown up?!!)

Well, the good news is, it took me a looonnnggg time! THANK GOODNESS & THANK GOD, I have finally found an EXCELLENT T! YAY!!!

Keep going. As your name says, YOU WILL RISE. I will keep positive thoughts for you! Keep in Touch! oxoxo