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Originally Posted by Xynesthesia
Again, these are personal preferences but are important because otherwise I would feel dissatisfied. Communication skills and how I feel about them as a person would not be that important if I hired someone, for example, as a consultant for their specific expertise but, for talk therapy, I would want someone I feel is a good interpersonal match with me and not merely a listener or provider of information. So that sense of individuality and interpersonal fit is what I find very lacking on that website, and not just because the videos are not interactive.
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For me, it is not possible to determine what is a good interpersonal fit for me without actually interviewing the potential T. I've done a number of screening interviews everytime I've looked for a new one, the referrals are just a place to start. It was pretty clear to me which I could rule out on a first interview/session (some of them seem to believe in a free session, even if shorter than 45 minutes; others want you to pay for a full session). A little more difficult to find the match per say based on one session. I happened upon my T by accident as my child was doing some short term therapy with another therapist in his office and we could schedule conveniently for me to have an individual session then to work with all four of us. I really didn't think he was a good fit to begin with, but it turned out he was.