Questions to ask a potential therapist, whether you're looking for someone COVID conscious or neurodiversity affirming.
Whether you're looking for a COVID conscious therapist, or someone neurodiversity affirming, here are some questions you can ask a potential provider.
Sharing this because the list might be helpful for some readers. But a reminder that therapy is inaccessible to a lot of people who need it most. Mental health practitioners are often Out-of-Network, not covered, or covered under a separate section of insurance plans, and even more expensive than PCP visits. People who are already suffering are asked to jump through multiple hoops to even see anyone at all. At the end of this post the author recommends “meeting with a few different therapists“ — for some, that can mean spending both energy (spoons) and hundreds of dollars they do not have.
Just one of the myriad ways insurance companies are not helpful to us.
