Posted by fallsfall on November 5, 2004, at 20:56:44
In reply to Re: T shopping questions for falls and others, posted by tryingtobewise on November 5, 2004, at 15:44:51
Here is a list of questions that I collected from various places and/or made up myself. I NEVER asked all of these questions, and in fact I really only asked a couple of them. But here is a list that you can start with, just feel free to subtract and add as you want.
-What is your theoretical orientation to doing therapy? Psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, systemic, supportive, humanistic, existential, transpersonal? Ask them to define briefly.
-How many years have they been practicing therapy? How long privately?
-How much and what kind of specific experience have they had treating any particular problem you may be concerned about?
-Role of religion in life/therapy
-Role of sex in life/therapy (I asked this of one guy who I disliked from the first minute. His response "I don't think that sex belongs in therapy")
-What are your beliefs about how therapy should work? What do you do during sessions and what do you expect from a client during and between sessions?
-Are you available for emergencies by phone? Do you charge for phone calls?
-Do they currently have a clinical supervisor who reviews their work? For how many years? If not, why not?
-OK to work with [insert name of pdoc here]?
- Were you comfortable questioning or disagreeing with them?
-Were they insightful, being able to sense things beyond your present awareness?
-How long is a session? 45, 50, 55, 60 minutes?
-How frequent are sessions?
-What is your fee?
-Do you take insurance claims? Who files the insurance claims?
-What is the policy for cancellations, lateness, forgetting or changing appointments?
-Do you charge for an initial appointment? How much?
-What diploma and graduate degree did they receive? From which school? What year?
-Did they graduate from a specific clinical training program from their university? What was their major?
-What was their previous employment prior to private practice? Did they work in clinical agencies?
-What professional organizations are they a member of? What was the criteria for membership?
-Are you in good standing with your licensing board? Has anyone ever made a complaint against you? If so, how was it resolved?
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