I’ve considered going myself. Feels so difficult to find a good one though. I’m glad you found one that assisted. 🫂
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It's definitely tough. I went through at least three before I found one that I felt would actually listen to me.
It definitely didn't help that I have bad history with therapists as a child.
I went to one after a suicide attempt many years ago. Therapist+psychiatrist type of place.
I walked in with life issues and untreated bipolar disorder.
I walked out on:
Kolonapin 2mg
Seroquel 400mg
Citalopram 30mg
The therapist was honestly nice. It was hard to attend therapy while sleeping 20 hours a day and zombie’d the remaining 4 on medication contraindicated for bipolars.
I’ve refused to go since. I get you. I would want one that preferred non-medication treatment.
I specifically tried to seek out somebody who did not have a medical pad and wouldent try to push medications on me. I could probably get a shitload of Anti-anxiety meds, if I wanted to, but I was trying to fix the root of the problem and not just numb the side effects. If that Phrasing makes sense.
Genuinely glad you're still with us. 🫂
Perhaps I should put the effort in. Nothing good comes without effort they say.
Did you use a resource to search for them, or did you cold call therapists?
I used some services to find the first few but the the one that was a word of mouth recommendation ended up being the one that was the right fit for me.