Mental Health Support
Related: About this forumHas any used an Online Therapy Site?
Since most of the therapists around here have waiting lists I have been considering trying it, but don't want to get scammed. I just wondered how others experience was, if you used one before.
brewens
(15,359 posts)and am doing okay now, but you never know. I'm on Celexa and it works well for me so far, so I might be good from now on.
BlueKota
(3,656 posts)Buspirone for anxiety, Escitalopram for anxiety, and Brupropion for obsessive thinking. I have been fairly stable, but I don't do well without the verbal therapy to back it up.
cbabe
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BlueKota
(3,656 posts)Mz Pip
(27,893 posts)Or ask your doctor for a referral. That way youll get a legitimate therapist.
My DIL is a therapist and she gave up her office and works solely online. Its a perfectly viable option to going to an office.
BlueKota
(3,656 posts)mountain grammy
(27,274 posts)claudette
(4,493 posts)used an online therapist for her young daughter, but not well enough to ask her about it.
BlueKota
(3,656 posts)claudette
(4,493 posts)that she told me it was helpful, but I didn't ask for the therapist's name. There must be ways
to check on the therapist's authenticity.
BlueKota
(3,656 posts)said she believes Psychiatry Today has a list of which ones are legitimate therapists on their website so I am going to check that out.
Good luck. Wishing you the best 😊
BlueKota
(3,656 posts)OldBaldy1701E
(6,349 posts)My experience was a good one. Unfortunately, they also require payment and they don't take insurance. So, once everything fell apart here, I had to stop and I have suffered for it ever since.