Well, if I’m actually looking, I usually Google my ZIP code and psychotherapist. On Psychology Today ZIP code and refine by gender, modality, and sometimes insurance.

I found ideal-client-abused-woman by looking for existential therapists. She is nowhere near me. Now I’m searching for the phrase “ideal client” in other profiles.

So, I don’t search for anything weird, but somehow my brain will always zero in on the one with the most issues that are the least obvious, no doubt due to their not using exclamation points? My own personal mental algorithm.