Finding a Good SLC Therapist: How to Find a Therapist in Salt Lake City, Utah

In my experience, as a SLC therapist and a Utah therapist who has been in practice since 2003, most people don’t seek out therapy as a first resort when they are faced with a problem in their lives or relationships.

You are, of course, an intelligent and self-sufficient person. So, you first use the coping skills you know of, such as researching the problem online, talking with friends or family, reading self-help books, exercising or maybe practicing yoga.

And it is only when you have exhausted all of your coping skills and are still struggling, that you reach out to see if counseling or therapy might help!

I know that looking for a therapist can be a really daunting and overwhelming process, especially when you’re already struggling, feeling stressed or anxious or when you’re feeling really discouraged, worn out or exhausted. So I’d like to offer some recommendations to help you with this challenging process.

I want to help you find a therapist in Salt Lake City, Utah.

So, how do you find a good therapist in Salt Lake City? How do you figure out who are the best therapists for you in Salt Lake City? How do you find out if a therapist is good at what they do?

I highly recommend asking friends and family members for the name and contact information of any therapists with whom they’ve had a great experience. A referral from someone you trust, who knows you, and who can share their experiences is often the very best way to find a therapist who is likely to be a good fit for you from my perspective.

On the other hand, many of my ideal, potential clients are people who like to research and get answers for themselves by doing their own online research. So, you may choose to do an online search or Google search to find the best SLC therapist or best Utah therapist. However, in doing an online search, you may find that you soon become overwhelmed by the sheer number of different therapists in our area and even though you may go down many rabbit holes in your search, you may come up without having found anyone that feels like they may be the best therapist for you. I totally get how frustrating this can be! With so many therapists in our area, it can be very challenging to find a therapist who is a good “fit” for you, meets your needs and preferences, with whom you feel comfortable, who also has the specializations and the years of experience and therapeutic approach you are needing and wanting so that you can move forward in this process and get started with feeling better.

I also understand—and have experienced myself when looking for my own therapist—that it can be very challenging to determine from the many listed which therapists specialize in treating the problems you are struggling with, use the treatment method that will be the best fit for your unique problem, and which therapist you will feel most comfortable in working with.

Perhaps most importantly, you’d like to know what other clients have experienced in working with these potential therapists in order to make an educated decision in selecting the therapist that is the best fit for you and sounds like what you’re looking for in the therapy sessions. Obviously, you can’t listen in on or watch other people’s sessions with a therapist. So, how do you find out if a therapist is good? And, how do you get a sense of whether a therapist is the kind of therapist you need?

A great website and resource which provides this information about the counselors and therapists is www.healthgrades.com.

Healthgrades provides specific information about each therapist’s specializations, conditions they treat, treatment approaches they utilize, and the provider listings include that insider information you are seeking, so to speak, from another person coming from the perspective of a client in the form of anonymous reviews from clients or former clients to give you a better understanding of whether that therapist might be a good fit for you and your needs.

You can review my Healthgrades profile by clicking on this link below:

I hope this helps you find the right therapist in the Salt Lake City area. If you are still feeling stuck, feel free to click the button below to contact me to schedule a 45 minute phone consultation. I’d be happy to listen to what you’re looking for help with and let you know what type of therapy I would recommend and direct you to the right specialist. If I’m not going to be the best fit for you, I’ll let you know and I’m happy to direct you to a therapist who I believe may be a better fit for your needs.

**UPDATE and Public Service Announcement: Healthgrades.com has unfortunately chosen to contract with the disreputable and unethical tech company, BetterHelp, which is often falsely claiming that the therapists on the Healthgrades.com website are not accepting new patients and re-directing site visitors to contact BetterHelp therapists instead.

I strongly recommend that you don’t see a therapist through BetterHelp due to their selling of clients’ names and diagnoses to third parties, among other things. See this link for more info about the FTC case and this link for more info about the FTC order and $7.8 million fine of BetterHelp.

Instead, of using BetterHelp, I strongly recommend you call or email the therapists you find on Healthgrades.com who sound like they might be a good fit for you, in order to directly inquire about whether or not they are accepting new clients.