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Originally Posted by guilloche
See, this is part of what scares me. How do you identify these therapists who have been in practice long enough that they *should* be good, but aren't?
Therapy is expensive, it costs time, money, and energy. It stirs things up and can be destabilizing. How do you figure out, relatively quickly (say within 3 sessions) that someone is not going to be able to help?
I've seen so many not helpful therapists. I'm trying to find a helpful one, but I'm starting to feel like a lost cause. 
(Sorry, your comment spoke to me... because I was hoping that by focusing on potential therapists who had more than, say 15 years or so of practice, that I'd increase my chances of getting someone good!) |
It is hard and so expensive. After my horrible ending with the bad therapist who i stupidly saw for 7 years I saw another one for about 7 months (it ended because he moved away) and he had only a couple of years of experience. He seemed so much more caring and open and accepting and humble. I think if it hadn't ended after that amount of time it might have been more helpful to me. I don't know. I live in a very rural area and there just aren't any therapists now to see.
I wish there was some way to get better matches.