ISO therapist recommendations in Triangle, NC
January 16, 2018 7:55 AM   Subscribe

New location, same concerns for the kid in this question.

Little Darling is now in grad school at Chapel Hill and still struggling with anxiety and self-doubt and occasional catastrophic thinking. She knows therapy would be helpful but is nervous about the process of identifying and reaching out to prospective providers, so she asked me for help.

I'm working my way through the Psychology Today database from the earlier thread but would appreciate any personal recommendations either here or by MeMail. We have BCBS but would absolutely consider someone out of network if it will get her help more quickly. Thanks, MeFriends.
posted by Sweetie Darling to Health & Fitness (4 answers total)
 
It might be worthwhile for her to first go through the university system. Sometimes these suck (or they are mostly to deal with getting a student help after a crisis) but in my experience they are logistically infinitely better than the private sector. Appointments are readily available and throughout the day, she is already on campus so getting to the appointment isn't tough. They probably have an online appointment system with a receptionist/schedule person versus a private therapist calling someone back in between patients. And university health often takes pretty much every insurance provider.
posted by k8t at 8:41 AM on January 16, 2018 [2 favorites]


Seconding what k8t said. Here's the link to services at UNC.
posted by mareli at 9:01 AM on January 16, 2018


Another thing that is a nice perk of the university system - they probably have numerous therapists, so if it isn't working out with one, she could switch to another.
Also if there is a need to prescribe medication, there is probably someone available to do that down the hall, versus with a private therapist where the patient would have to arrange things with an MD and communicate between the two of them.

More perks -- if this is impacting her studies, the people at the university health service will know exactly the office that is to be contacted to get her accommodations or whatever. A private therapist likely isn't familiar with the processes.

And, every university mental health center I've ever known has tons of support groups if that would be helpful for her.
posted by k8t at 9:16 AM on January 16, 2018 [1 favorite]


Check your memail.
posted by sockermom at 6:38 PM on January 16, 2018


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