If you are subscribed to my posts but not the posts of other HealthCentral Experts, you may have missed some very helpful material they've written. Here are some excellent posts by my fellow experts that you ought to read:
Jerry Kennard: "How to Select a Therapist"
My first therapist was recommended to me by an Employee Assistance Program counselor, and my second by my psychiatrist. Were these my best options? Jerry's article suggests to me that one was, one wasn't. What he says might have...

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