This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work

Hello and welcome or welcome back to self-work if If this is your first episode I'm so glad

you're here. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical psychologist out of

Fayetteville, Arkansas and I've been in practice for about 26 years and a couple of years ago I decided to extend the walls of my practice to anyone

who might be interested in psychological issues whether you've ever been in

therapy or not and even to those of you who have never even

considered darkening a therapist door. So as I said a few minutes ago if you are

here for the first time. Thank you so much for trying this out.

It means a lot to me. And if you're a returning listener, I so appreciate your loyalty and your feedback from your emails that you send me.

Today we're going to be talking about how to find a therapist.

This is a question I get over and over again. I hear a lot of complaints about it.

There are huge weight times. My schedule doesn't fit hers or his and I can't take off work.

All those kinds of things.

So we'll talk about whether, for example, to take a referral from a friend or not, and what

questions it's okay to ask before you start working with a therapist.

We're going to be using some points from two different articles by Dr.

Jessica Gold and of course I'll put my two cents in. But I thought her articles brought up

some good points and can help sort of organize our discussion.

Our listener email today, which is a regular feature of this podcast, is from someone whose

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