If you have health insurance, it’s useful to know what your insurance will cover. Therapy is a service, and like most services, it isn’t free. When your schedule gets busy, your therapist’s close proximity and flexible hours will make setting up and attending sessions that much easier. Sessions are often weekly or biweekly to start, so finding a therapist who is close by - and offers sessions when you’re available, say weeknight evenings, lunch hour, or Saturdays - is helpful. Here are some tips that might help: Location & Schedule “There are two spheres if you want to break it up, to really consider: the logistical and the fit,” Dr. Working with a mental health provider can help you sort through that. Not knowing why you’re feeling a certain way is OK.
You could be hurting from a loss, struggling with a transition at work or school, coping with trauma, making a big move, or perhaps unable to define why you’re not feeling yourself at all.
I always recommend that people seek therapy or counseling when their mental state is impacting their functioning, affecting their day-to-day life in some way,” Dr. Mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety are common (and significant) reasons to seek help, but it’s important to keep in mind that you don’t always need a big reason, Dr. While most of us can benefit from therapy at some point in our lives, the need will look different for everyone. Below I break down the process, to make it simpler to get help when you or a friend need it most. We chatted about everything from making that first call to going to that first session. Paige Lembeck, a pediatric psychologist at the Yale Child Study Center and Yale New Haven Hospital, about finding a therapist. That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to talk with Dr. I would say, “I’ll call and book an appointment,” and for a while, that was the farthest I got. Something, that in the midst of my own depression, felt too difficult and daunting and tedious to do. It was something I put off for over a year. There are phone calls to make, health insurances to navigate, and a sea of different kinds of therapy to choose from … nevermind making the decision to get help. Seeking help for a mental health challenge (for yourself, or a loved one) can feel like a whole other challenge itself. For more resources on mental health, visit Born This Way Foundation at If you, or someone you know, is having thoughts of self-harm or harming others, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-80 or 911. Trigger Warning : This article is intended to help people learn more about therapy and the process of finding a therapist.
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