I hear you. Most of the ones I've dealt with have been really awful and uncaring, or they've been so naive and dumb that they ended up causing harm by accident and neglect. Like licketysplit, though, I now have a good one. He comes from a functional medicine perspective, which has been really helpful for me. He's tried me on less than 3 psych meds in the four years I've been working with him, and he's totally supportive of my choice not to take any psych meds now. When I was, he let me adjust my own doses as needed because he knew I knew what I was doing and respected my intelligence and judgment. Another big part of why I like him is that he addresses my emotional distress as part of my whole self--for instance, I have an autoimmune disease that attacks my GI system, and there's a huge connection between the gut and the brain. He's addressed gut stuff that my gastroenterologist hasn't, hormonal stuff my GP wouldn't touch--and some of that has also improved my mood. He also understands what a huge effect being chronically ill has on my mood, so he's been working on decreasing my symptoms and improving my quality of life because that will make me feel better emotionally, too.