How do you find out about local therapists reptations without actually asking anyone you know?

Question

you know, b/c therapy is embarrassing outside of manhattan.

Answer 1

You can find many message boards on the internet that deal with specific types of mental infirmaties.

Do a search on yahoo.com and find a message board that deals with your diagnosis. Hopefully you're in a city that's large enough to have a support group for your particular area. That way you can ask about different therapists to see if anyone has an recommendations for good ones.

That's what I did. Good luck to ya!

Answer 2

Call your health insurance provider. There should be a mental health line on the back of the card, or you could look it up another way. The customer service rep will be able to tell you not only of therapists in the area, but more importantly which are covered under your plan.

Of course, this assumes you have health insurance. If you don't, this wasn't a good answer.