How Do You Find The Right Therapist?

[Starlite]

So I'm thinking about trying to get into some therapy but I don't know where to start.

My nightmares and flashbacks will just not go away since the attack 3 weeks ago. It's been hard to sleep and when I do I'm just woken up again and afraid to fall back to sleep. Which makes it worse it's the same nightmare over and over again. Replaying the event of the attack every night for the past 3 weeks. This is really starting to effect my life.

I tried to go to a little social gathering a couple of days ago (it was my bf birthday) and i could not handle it. Unfortunately I got a ride with my friend so I wasn't able to leave when I needed to. I ended up having a panic attack. I couldn't breather I got really dizzy and almost passed out. I haven't been around a group of people since my attack and now since that happened I won't be going to one anytime soon.

I know I need help but just the thought of trying to figure out where to go or call or where to look is making me feel like I will have another panic attack. Does anyone have any advice on how to go about finding the right therapist for me? To try to simplify this and not make me feel so overwhelmed?

 

[Bookoffee]

When I looked for my therapist I went to [DLMURL]http://therapists.psychologytoday.com/rms/[/DLMURL]

 

[JEKBreatheandBelieve]

That's how I found mine, too. I read lots of profiles and what they specialized in.

 

[ellienad]

Yep, I found mine on psychologytoday.com too, and couldn't be happier with my T! :) Reaching out to a therapist for the first time is no easy task and I completely understand that one, so be patient with yourself. Best of luck to you!

 

[afuneralinmybrain]

In my experience, it's pure luck. I've been in therapy for about 18 years and only just found the right one a few years ago. I've left a lot of therapists and some of them have even left me.

 

[Bookoffee]

I had one therapist leave me without telling me. We had worked together for about a year together, then one day she just stopped showing up for our appointments. Before she did this, she told me that I could fire her for being over 15 minutes late for an appointment. I think that was the only advice I took with me when finding new therapists.