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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just an anecdote: we had a much better experience with an older therapist. The problem is most practices only have openings with their new practitioners, who tend to be young. I sometimes think you shouldn’t be able to get licensed until you are 50+, somewhat jaded, and have seen some stuff :)[/quote]

Very good point. The last person I would let any teen see as a therapist is a woman younger than about 35.[/quote]

And that's the problem.  If you watch movies of good therapists they've seen many patients and are older and wiser. Reality is that you are going to get some therapist who usually ranges from a 25 year old to a stay at home mom turned therapist with a very small window into the world or a man or woman who went into therapy because they have issues themselves.  Movies like Good Will Hunting and Ordinary People were also dealing with neurotypical people. The smart kid who is afraid to leave home. The kid who feels bad their brother died. They aren't dealing with kids who have poor processing and thinking skills either. [/quote]

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