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

Can someone recommend a psychologist in Metro Vancouver who deals with adolescents and adults? My wife and I are at our limits with our 16 yr old who we believe may have some form of personality disorder. We would like her to get some counseling but she's adamantly opposed to it. We would like to get some professional advice ourselves on how best to deal with our family issues and possibly on how to convince her to go for counseling , but picking a name out of a phone book is too much of a duckshoot. I pick Mefi over the yellow pages!
posted by anonymous on Mar 24, 2009 - 7 answers

Help me support a friend whose father attempted suicide. Added complication: my friend is half a world away from both his family and me. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 4, 2009 - 5 answers

Getting married in September but my husband-to-be won't come clean about his finances. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 16, 2009 - 80 answers

Can anyone help me find a good marriage counselor in the Atlanta, Ga area?
posted by anonymous on Sep 23, 2008 - 2 answers

Is there a such a thing as a voluntary financial conservatorship that I could convince someone to sign up for? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 10, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm looking for a support group for partners/spouses of people with ADD/ADHD. I recognize some codependent tendencies in myself and I need to learn how to empower myself and unconditionally love my spouse. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 23, 2008 - 3 answers

How do I get insurance approval for counseling in a tricky situation? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 - 5 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

Marriage therapist (in Illinois)? Marriage counseling weekend? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 17, 2008 - 3 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

Looking for a financial (not debt/credit) counselor in Los Angeles area for a couple with different financial approaches/backgrounds. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 14, 2008 - 7 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

Where can a teen get free, discrete counseling in Toronto? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 30, 2007 - 4 answers

Looking for marriage/relationship counseling in Minneapolis/St. Paul area. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 25, 2007 - 1 answer

How can we fix an ages-old family problem with recent manifestations? It involves alcoholism, ineffective counselors, and a lack of people to go to for help. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 10, 2007 - 6 answers

RelationshipFilter: How long after a divorce should I wait to declare my feelings to another woman? Should I say anything at all? Ever? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 26, 2007 - 29 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

Can you name a reasonable price for a late wedding ring? Family Drama Inside! Come Look! --> [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 20, 2005 - 39 answers

How do you find the right marriage counselor? I really need to talk to someone... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 16, 2005 - 9 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