Asking for a family member. We're looking for affordable counseling in Charlotte, North Carolina. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 18, 2009 - 2 answers

Need to find a therapist for my husband and I in the area. Preferably not affiliated with any religious organization. Need to make the appointment soon. Wanted to go to CAMHC, but they're booked up until January. Recommendations?
posted by Alias Unknown on Nov 26, 2009 - 1 answer

Asking all therapists, counselors, social workers, and psychoanalysts etc.: what books are on your must read list? Do you have a core set of books that have shaped both your professional and personal development? What are they? Why did you choose them? [more inside]
posted by space_cookie on Nov 13, 2009 - 13 answers

Recommend a good Boston Metro Relationship/Marriage Therapist/Counselor? [more inside]
posted by kryptonik on Aug 27, 2009 - 6 answers

Awful Filter: What are the best women's crisis centers in NYC who address rape survivors? How can I locate affordable therapy in New York for a rape survivor? How do I call attention to hospital incompetence and unqualified social workers? Much, much more inside. [more inside]
posted by zoomorphic on Aug 3, 2009 - 25 answers

What can my friend/former SO expect from community mental health counseling? [more inside]
posted by dilettante on Jul 5, 2009 - 10 answers

Meta-Meta-RelationshipFilter: Have there been any scientific trials to study the efficacy of talk therapy that involved a placebo as control? [more inside]
posted by XMLicious on Apr 20, 2009 - 21 answers

Any suggestions for a pre-marital counselor in Chicago? My fiance and I are doing a church wedding, and we are doing the Catholic pre-Cana requirements, but we actually think our church's requirements are too...minimal. [more inside]
posted by bibbit on Mar 10, 2009 - 3 answers

I think I'm looking for co-counseling, but without the co-counseling. [more inside]
posted by serazin on Mar 5, 2009 - 7 answers

Your recommendations for an inexpensive counselor/therapist in the Palo Alto-Menlo Park area? [more inside]
posted by finnb on Jan 6, 2009 - 3 answers

I need to find a very good marriage counselor in the Kansas City area, ASAP. My relationship has ended and there's a child at stake. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 18, 2008 - 8 answers

Ever gone to couples therapy? What worked? What didn't? What different approaches are there? What should we expect? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 23, 2008 - 12 answers

I need recommendations for a marriage counselor in southeastern NH or southern ME. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 4, 2008 - 0 answers

Is there any place in Chicago to go for free, extremely cheap, or sliding-scale-rate therapy/counseling? [more inside]
posted by white light on Dec 21, 2007 - 9 answers

How did you know that you wanted to be a therapist? What made you feel that you could do it? What doubts did you have, and how did you deal with them? If you changed your mind, what persuaded you to do so? What would you tell someone if they were considering becoming a therapist? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 18, 2007 - 6 answers

Does anyone have any personal recommendations for a relationship therapist in/around San Francisco for a late-20-something hetero couple?
posted by anonymous on Sep 16, 2007 - 1 answer

My brother has his head up his butt and I want to help him remove it. As his sibling and one of his only friends, I wish to provide him the best advice possible. So my questions are these: 1) What is a constructive thing to say to a sibling who wants a divorce for all the wrong reasons, 2) How do you get someone into counseling when they don't believe in it? and 3) How does one go about finding a very specific kind of counselor? He'd be best served and less apt to argue with a strong, smart father-figure. [more inside]
posted by Fuzzy Dog on Sep 4, 2007 - 17 answers

I think I need to get back into therapy, but I also think that therapy doesn't work. [more inside]
posted by timory on Jun 28, 2007 - 26 answers

I desperately need to see a therapist/counselor in Providence, RI, but I have no money. Where should I go and who should I talk to? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 24, 2007 - 10 answers

Can you recommend a therapist in Seattle? I'm on a budget and I've never been to therapy before. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 6, 2006 - 9 answers

The spouse and I would like to go to counseling together - not because of any problems in our relationship, but because we both have issues with being forthcoming in individual therapy and in initiating a dialogue with the therapist. We figure that if we went together, we could enable each other to open up and at the very least support each other through what is (for us anyway) an unpleasant experience. (And if it makes us a happier couple, that's just a nice side effect.) Does anyone have any experience with this sort of arrangement? Should we pursue someone who specializes in marriage counseling, or someone who specializes in individual therapy? We each have psychiatrists and are on medication for anxiety and depression - this is talk or cognitive therapy we're talking about. Thanks!
posted by anonymous on Sep 28, 2006 - 5 answers

Is unhappiness with my career, lack of meaning in my life, and a general lack of energy/motivation enough reason to seek counseling? [more inside]
posted by Raven13 on Jun 20, 2006 - 35 answers

Does anyone have experience with online counseling/therapy, either from the giving or receiving end? What was good or bad about your experience? [more inside]
posted by lisaj32 on Jan 27, 2006 - 3 answers

I'm thinking of seeking counseling for a variety of reasons. Being new to the US however, I have questions about how therapy will have an effect on my future health care coverage. Should I pay out-of-pocket or file for coverage? [more inside]
posted by barnone on Nov 7, 2005 - 8 answers

How do I help a family member find an Albany-area psychologist and a marriage counselor? [more inside]
posted by redfisch on Jun 19, 2005 - 4 answers

As a kid, at age 16, I was sexually abused. This continued until I was 18, and went to college. The guy is my stepfather, and I still run into him when I visit my mom, but we dont talk about it. I've been having bouts of reoccuring depression, and this is playing a large role. I think it's interfering with my schoolwork, however it comes and goes. When I feel ok, I hardly think about it anymore. I was thinking about using the university's free student counselling, but I dont want this guy arrested, because my mom doesnt know, and I dont want her to. I cant afford therapy that's not free. What should/can I do?
posted by anonymous on Feb 14, 2005 - 29 answers

ShrinkFilter: I've been increasingly stressed, self-loathing and distracted for years, and (since my spouse and I are having a baby in a few months) have decided I need to Get Professional Help--mostly to figure out what's wrong with me and deal with it, so I don't pass it on to our kid. But "professional help" is a very big category, and I need to narrow it down. I want to find somebody whose perspective is "let's figure out the big problems and how you can fix them, as efficiently as possible," rather than "there's nothing wrong with you that years of expensive chatting can't prolong." I'd also like to avoid medication. How do I find the right... therapist? counselor? I don't even know what the right word is.
posted by anonymous on Jan 23, 2005 - 26 answers

My apartment-mate has a rage problem. It used to be once a month or so he would have a tantrum that involved smashing dishes and lightbulbs, overturning furniture, tearing down posters, and ripping up papers. Lately it's gotten to be a weekly thing. I used to feel sympathetic and I talked with him about his problems, but I've lost my patience and I'm sick of being caught in this. Several of his friends have tried getting him to go see a college counselor but he won't go. If I could, I would just leave the apartment, but it's impossible until my contract is up in June. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting him to chill out when he's in the middle of a tantrum? Or any suggestions for convincing him to get counseling, try medication, anything?
posted by anonymous on Dec 12, 2004 - 22 answers

Due to a few recent events in my life, as well as a number of incredibly stupid and hurtful things I now realize I've done, I've decided to seek counseling. My problem is I have no idea where to start, i.e., what kind of psychiatrists and psychologists there are, what types of questions to ask when looking to find someone to meet with, what the generally accepted approaches to counseling are, etc. I've spent a lot of time talking to friends about this, but am still feeling quite lost about the entire process.

There are a lot of sites with counseling information and advice, of course, and I've read many of them, but I keep getting the feeling I'm just dealing with professional organizations that are trying to feed their members or somewhat suspicious groups that aren't all that qualified to be doing what they say they are. So, what advice do any of you have for finding a good counselor? What good or bad experiences have you had in finding help, and what do you think are the best approaches to finding counselors?

Thanks!
posted by anonymous on Nov 3, 2004 - 11 answers