Hi Budfox,

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you'd already posted about the article. I was just trying to find something that referenced the ethics about soliciting client reviews, because I remembered seeing a note that therapists should NOT do that... I grabbed the first article that I saw that referenced the ethics code

At any rate, I completely agree that many therapists who write about this don't give clients enough credit. I do think that there can be privacy issues, and that people need to be smart enough to sort that out for themselves. I'm really grateful to anyone who's comfortable posting a review, because there's often not much information to go on when choosing a therapist, and unfortunately, testing out therapists is *expensive*. I don't know if they realize that this is a real burden. If it costs me $150 to meet with a therapist, I'd much rather have some upfront information so that I know whether it's likely that they'll be a good match, rather than flushing my money down the toilet b/c there's something obvious about them that I could have found out in a review. Even worse is seeing a therapist for months and months, and THEN realizing that they're not able to help you.

I also think therapists underestimate that most consumers are pretty savvy about evaluating reviews these days. We have to be, there are so many fake reviews out there! Obviously, if someone complains that the therapist consistently runs 10 minutes late, and I know that that's not something that bugs me, I'm not going to rule them out based on that review.