help finding help...

Hey everyone....just a quick post about Findcounseling.com and what it can do for you. It's a website which can help people find therapists in counselors in their area. The website was launched under the name FindTherapist.com back in 1996 and it was the first searchable index for therapists or mental health counselors online. They have now relaunched their website to make it more user friendly and even better.

The main areas they focus on are Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Cleveland, Miami and Philadelphia. So, for example...if you live in Miami you can easily use the site to find Miami Counselors. Someone might ask...why not just use the phone book? Well, the phone book doesn't tell you more than just a name, address and phone number. At Findcouseling.com you can search for a bunch of different criteria including gender, language, insurance coverage, etc. You can't get that information from a phone book!

And..if you don't live in one of their areas...they also have a lot of information as well. They have pyschology briefs and journals on their site as well as a glossary of terms. That means that if someone says something to you like "I think your child has explosive personality disorder"...you can look up what exactly that might mean. They also have a comprehensive list of hotlines and many of them are national hotlines.

For someone who works in mental health...I think it is a great resource. I only wish they focused on New York, but they are always expanding, so who knows...maybe they will soon.