My Big Therapist Hunt
When we moved from Connecticut to California over a year ago, I had to end therapy with the therapist I had there. (I really liked her, but figured 3,000 miles was too far to go for an appointment.) I still had some issues to be worked out, so a few weeks ago I faced the fact that I needed to find a therapist in the area.
I started, as I usually do, by asking my psychiatrist if he could recommend a good therapist, but he surprised me by telling me that he didn’t know anyone he could recommend, although he offered to look over the list of therapists that were available under my health insurance.
I was stumped. I’ve never had to start from ground zero, so to speak. I always got a recommendation from my psychiatrist that turned out well, fortunately. I finally turned to a resource that, unfortunately, most people don’t have access to. There is a community bulletin board in the area started by University of California, Berkeley employees called Berkeley Parents Network. I’ve found recommendations for everything from facialists to pediatricians, so I figured there had to be therapist recommendations.