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How do you know a psychologist or psychiatrist is good?
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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 732282" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>We've been through a bunch of them between school, and various insurance companies (Kaiser in California), and various private therapists. We've had to have psychiatrist for medications, the mental health worker at school who really has a pretty great rapport with him, one psychiatrist that played Minecraft for an hour, which my grandson loved, and the latest one that we really like, just for his youth, energy, and approach that fits with our own belief systems--i.e., don't just throw drugs at a kid and see what sticks because of a diagnosis, or multiple diagnoses in many cases. It's trial and error and listening to your gut. And sometimes it's who will answer the phone, take your insurance, return your calls, and that you can afford. I have spent countless hours on the phone with insurance companies that have no idea who actually takes the insurance (Are you listening United Healthcare???) and that will see kids, and that is accepting new patients. It ain't easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 732282, member: 13260"] We've been through a bunch of them between school, and various insurance companies (Kaiser in California), and various private therapists. We've had to have psychiatrist for medications, the mental health worker at school who really has a pretty great rapport with him, one psychiatrist that played Minecraft for an hour, which my grandson loved, and the latest one that we really like, just for his youth, energy, and approach that fits with our own belief systems--i.e., don't just throw drugs at a kid and see what sticks because of a diagnosis, or multiple diagnoses in many cases. It's trial and error and listening to your gut. And sometimes it's who will answer the phone, take your insurance, return your calls, and that you can afford. I have spent countless hours on the phone with insurance companies that have no idea who actually takes the insurance (Are you listening United Healthcare???) and that will see kids, and that is accepting new patients. It ain't easy. [/QUOTE]
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