I suppose this is the video version of the psychology today search engine for therapists. I never “searched” for therapists that way; I didn’t really have the ability to see anyone who wasn’t covered by my insurance, so my insurance list narrowed it way down for me.

I know when we are narrowing down doctors, I do take a look at their website and any reviews of them I can find. Red flags to me, honestly, are major problems with office management, scheduling, call-backs, etc. For doctors, those kinds of office issues are not what I want to have to deal with.

But no matter what the reviews say, the website says, etc., I really can’t make those kinds of decisions until I actually meet that person, see how they handle me or my husband as a client, how thorough, how conversational, they are. What is their “bedside manner?” That can’t be figured about by any method other than going in and spending some time talking with them, no matter what the specialty.

I can see how some might find the videos helpful. You can see them, hear their voice, etc. And just that can give people a place to start. Just wouldn’t be my place to start simply because I have to start from an insurance list.