JanSnolo

Great questions, and I look forward to the answers.

Just a point about the Bennett article though. The main thesis was that it was impossible to stop illegal ivory from entering the legal markets, and since they come from the same place (killed elephants) the costs are similar. Pembient claims to be able to circumvent that problem by producing fake horns for MUCH cheaper. Any seller of horns isn't going to buy from poachers if Pembient sells the horns so much cheaper. The price differential should segregate the market in theory, which removes the entire issue the article addresses.

Over the past two years I’ve seen 4 different therapists for depression, and I’ve only found one of them to be helpful for me. People always say to keep looking until you find the right person, but it’s not like shopping around for a different brand of jeans. Typically I call 10-15 places, take the one with the shortest wait list, which is always several months, wait those several months. Then spend another month dealing with insurance stuff, then I can finally get in to see someone for an initial evaluation, not a recurring appointment. That takes more waiting.

In my experience it takes no less than 5 months to “try” a new therapist. If you had any sort of selection standards or do a mini-interview on a call as you suggest, that would probably take it to 8 or 10 months.

Do you have any advice for navigating this space better? It makes me want to give up on therapy when I spend months trying to make it happen and then after all that work it turns out that it’s “not the right fit”

Also, I’ve been seeing my current therapist for 2 months, and I don’t think she is ideal for me, but I think she’s better than nothing and really don’t like the idea of trying to find someone else for half a year. Should I try to stick it out and make progress with this current therapist? or just bite the bullet and start the whole process over even though there is no guarantee that it will turn out any better?