Posted by Dinah on January 30, 2002, at 17:15:44
In reply to Re: Choosing a Therapist or Pdoc, posted by kiddo on January 30, 2002, at 15:01:38
My therapist gave a seminar on anxiety that I attended. I'm afraid my reason for choosing to go to him was that he was encouraging. That was sort of surprising because I was not too cooperative at the seminar. Cold calls from the yellow pages don't get a good reception around here, and I found that no one was very enthusiastic about setting up an appointment. They all wanted referrals.
I found a really good pdoc that way as well. He gave a public health seminar at our local hospital on women and depression and it was clear that he knew what he was talking about. It turned out he was a local big-wig in the mental health community. It didn't work out with him but that was solely my fault, not his.
My current pdoc came from a recommendation of a friend of my mother's. He's great, although I'm not sure how I felt about my mother telling everyone I was looking for a psychiatrist. She's not very tactful.
My poor yellow pages experience might have to do with the fact that this town is a barren wasteland for mental health services. It's not that there aren't any available. They just don't seem to be very up-to-date or even very responsive.
And that, she said, is all I know about choosing a therapist or pdoc.
Dinah
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