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Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by amelius on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:36PM (#31030338)
The problem with therapists is that they never say what they are doing, what approach they are taking or what techniques they are applying. This makes them less trustworthy, imho.
Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by grvdrm on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:19PM (#31035195)
I wonder if any of that matters? Optimizing for the things you mentioned feels a bit like overkill. As a non-therapist, I don’t know whether one way of executing therapy is better than another.

I really think it’s simpler than that: find the closest therapist, do an eval session, and see if it fits. If not, try again with next closest. Personal referrals are good too.

Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by Kaze404 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:45PM (#31030464)
You can likely just ask them, but either way I saw their methods plainly advertised when I went looking for an online therapist in early 2021.
Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by comrh on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:42PM (#31030409)
Ask them, it's common now for them to advertise their approach (CBT, DBT, psychoanalysis, ect)
Re:Tell HN: Turned 44 today and I'm lost by kradeelav on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:17PM (#31032702)
psychologytoday's actually a really great place to find these details for local therapists. specialties (trauma, relationships, kids, etc) and likewise training techniques (IFS, CBT, so on). It may have been harder pre-covid but I think covid's shaken up that industry quite a bit.