talk to YOU about it. don't ask her if she wants to talk. trust me she'll come to you. i'm not ready to talk to my parents yet but, i will one day. my dad exposed my healing wrist to our neighbour while we were at the garbage dump place. so its not likely i'll tell him. but if your daughter wants help, then let her keep going and then one day she might say: "I dont need to go here anymore." Just hope. Just hope. Michelle. I would add that it's also very important that the counselor expresses confidence in the client's ability to resolve their own conflict. It can be very destructive to spend time with a counselor that doubts you or that adds concern to your situation. As a therapist it is great to see a post like this. Finding the right therapist for the client is a big task, that can appear overwhelming to any client. I've been studying the Ivey's approach to a strengths based model of therapy for the past several months. What I find to be most helpful when conducting the initial interview with a new client is addressing what strengths they can draw on as an individual while paralleled by their issues being worked on in therapy. I enjoyed your criteria for finding an excellent therapist. I agree that these are all necessary to identifying a qualified and capable mental health worker. In my experience as an emotion expert, I've found that