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How do I choose a therapist?
If you or someone else is in danger, call 999 or go to A&E. If you need urgent mental-health help but it is not an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111 and select the mental-health option.
Start with competence: appropriate training, professional registration or accreditation where relevant, and experience with your problem.
What you need to know
Start with competence: appropriate training, professional registration or accreditation where relevant, and experience with your problem. Then consider fit. Be cautious about guaranteed cures, pressure to buy large packages, vague qualifications or anybody discouraging appropriate medical care.
Make it a conversation, not a test
You are allowed to ask questions, explain what matters to you and say when something is not helping. Mental-health care should be based on your needs, circumstances and appropriate clinical assessment.
Keep going
Getting proper help · Talking to your GP · NHS Talking Therapies
Sources & further reading
- NHS — mental health treatments
- NHS — talking therapies
- NHS — antidepressants
- NICE — depression in adults
Educational information only. Treatment should be based on an individual assessment with an appropriate healthcare professional.