I started seeing my excellent current therapist at a university counseling center and eventually followed her when she left for private practice. I had another good university counseling center therapist before that. One thing to note, however, is that university counseling centers often have training programs for student therapists who obviously have less experience than your average licensed therapist and can thus vary widely in quality. There are still some great therapists in training who could be really helpful, but it's worth knowing this going in. Plus student therapists will generally move on when their internship is over, meaning that your treatment is automatically time-limited. Both of my excellent university counseling center therapists were staff psychologists, not student therapists in training. The students I saw a few times were generally nice and enthusiastic but weren't able to help me make much headway with my issues.