Meh....my two cents. Good therapy can be different things to different people.
If you make and take that first phone call .... perhaps a second ....you might find a compassionate witness you click with.
Even if they're doing other work, not applicable to you...
connection and "good therapy" might somehow be possible, bc that therapist gets you.
Truth: There are therapist doing more harm than good out there....in all walks of the field.
Other truth: There are good therapists, doing good work, in all walks of the field..... social workers, psychologists, clergy....bartenders. My point is....sometimes, unexpected people help us make connections, for reasons other than the school they attended, or the job they're paid to do.
Finding someone, you click with, is more about alchemy, their experience, interests, toolbox, our willingness to sit in discomfort and talk about discomfort and pain, IME. I'm a blurted, btw. I just hit the high spots, unredacted btw, and put a t all on the table.....how the T responds tells me a lot. I want steady, all business, let's get down to processing trauma and learning how I can do it in my own.....I want zero ego....I want HUGE compassion, even though it makes me cry. My youngest DD wants to banter ....she wants a sharp wit, and humor mixed into her sessions.....and she wants to be found funny. Needless to say, my T has concerns about DD's current T, but there it is.
Discerning who's right,wrong, or somewhere in between can be mindfulness practice for you, should you choose to make the call. You can notice what comes up, how it feels, where you feel it, what changes it, if it changes.....and ask questions you care about. At least you'd know a bit more about what they u don't want, if it doesn't work out.
Lighter
