For me, I talked around because I was completely new to the area. I had moved 2100 miles away from a bad marriage to a place I knew no-one so when I started meeting people I would ask if they knew of good T's. Small town, reputations get around as to who is good or not. The wonderful T I have came from a recommendation...though another recommendation was grest in that she honestly said she didnt have the trained skills to help with such complex issues. It didnt give me the help i needed but at least she didnt lead me on just to get my money either.

Interesting because I just talked to a man tonight who also had my same really good psychologist recommended to him & he has found her to be outstanding also. I had no idea what quality was until seeing her....actually there were 2 outstanding ones I went to at the same time but my DBT group T is really the one who has dine me the mist good & ended up my private T when my first one there retired