How to Find a Therapist
With the rise of mental health awareness came the push for people to get into therapy and start doing the work. However, nobody told us how to find a therapist or the important part, how to find the right therapist for you. These questions are more intertwined than you might expect. Where you find a therapist depends on what you’re looking for in a therapist. We have a few tips to help you answer these questions!
What setting are you looking for? In person? Virtual?
There are large affordable companies that typically offer virtual therapy services. These services provide you with an available therapist. Alternatively, there are smaller local practices where you will often find both options for virtual or in person.
Are there certain areas of your life that you are looking to work on?
Some therapists specialize in working with different areas and you may want somebody who work specifically with depression, trauma, relationships, families, etc to work through that one area with you.
Are you looking to work with a certain gender/age/race/religion/etc?
On some websites such as Psychologytoday.com you can filter by these qualities to find someone who meets your criteria.
Think about the location of the office.
Nobody wants to have an unreasonable commute to an office that they might be driving to each week. Look at the area and consider your daily responsibilities. You want to make sure its a reasonable comittment for your lifestyle.
Are you looking to work with or without insurance companies?
There are pros and cons to both options. Do you want to be reimbursed or even covered up front for these services? Fair enough. You can ask during the initial call about the insurances they work with. Are you looking to keep the insurance companies out of your treatment? You can ask for a superbill or pay out of pocket at most offices.
So you’ve met with the therapist, does it feel like a good fit?
Humans do not feel a connection or sense of understanding with everybody and therapists are not the expectation to this. The relationship you have with your therapist if an important part of the work. Making you sure find someone that you like will help throughout the process. After all, you don’t want to dread going to therapy.
Feel free to reach out to Through the Woods Mental Health Services today to see if we are the right fit for you!
