Any place with therapist reviews?

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Is there any place where people go to critique therapists? I've never been sure about this therapist I've been working with, and at this point I'm particularly not sure that I should continue. I would really appreciate some other people's takes on him, maybe I would understand what's going on better.

There are usually Google reviews on doctors. Just Google the therapist's name and the name of the office they work at or the area it's in. Worked for me.

Therapists and psychiatrists are as useful as soap made from mud.

Well, I also want to know whether it's normal to feel you need a second therapist to help you in coping with your therapist.

Yes, I pay, but not a lot. I'm aware that I'm probably a drain on him; he told me himself at the first session that it's an exorbitantly small amount of money. His private practice is in one of the richest neighborhoods in the United States, so he's used to charging really high rates.

The exorbitantly low rate though? It is 75% of my disposable income. And I don't pay any monthly health insurance or go to general physicians, because if I did, I not only would have no disposable income, I wouldn't have money to get to work.

I pay him the same amount as a therapist that I used to go to, and I remember that therapist once laughed at me for accusing of keeping me on his roster just for the money, even though we both knew I was hopeless.

I pay this much money so I can do what though? Feel suicidal like I did when I was in my twenties? I finally found some peace in my 30s, and get ambitious, wanted to go to a therapist who knew about ASD so I could learn to network and maybe get a more stable income. And the outcome? I want to die. Every day.

Fifasy, why do you say he's taking advantage of my vulnerability? Is it because all therapists do that, or is there something I typed that indicates that?

Mainly because of the money. If I was a therapist I wouldn't feel right taking 75% of someone's disposable income to see me. Even if they're offering you a reduced rate that must still be quite expensive.

hmmm. Well, is $50 for 45 minutes low?

(He doesn't know that it costs me 75% of my disposable income, so I don't know if he's purposely taking advantage or not.)

That doesn't sound that cheap to me. If you feel like you want to die every day it can't be worth that much money. You gave it a go and credit to you for trying to get help but is it worth carrying on with it? I recommend you spend the money on something that makes you feel better, or save it, it's always nice to know you have some money for times you need it.