CyclistTravi

When you’re trying to find a mental health provider that you mesh with, what are some good ways to determine fit? I read your comment about the importance of avoiding value imposition as a provider, but as a patient how does someone ethically ask a provider about their worldview/values in order to test fit. I, for example, would not feel comfortable taking mental health treatment from someone who doesn’t support women’s healthcare access, abortion rights, or Human Rights, but would I be crossing a line to (respectfully) ask about those views to assess whether we would match?

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Thanks, this is a very helpful response. Finding a therapist who seems to want to be good at their profession is good enough for me, but as someone outside the field how do I spot that? Should it mean something more to me that they have recent journal publications or something like that?