Any suggestions for good therapist in Seattle/Redmond/Bellevue? Going through very bad/low mental state. It’s taking toll on my relationship. Have a great job, got few more new offers, have good relationship, but still feeling low, distracted. Not even sure what the trigger or real reason is!
I found mine on psychology today. They have a neat search option and filters. Good luck op. Sometimes everything can go right and you can still be depressed and that's not your fault. It's a real illness just like any other one
You are using an analytical, problem solving approach to figure out why you feel a certain way (“low, distracted”). That does not work. What you do instead is focus on the feeling of “low, distracted”/“very bad/low mental state” and see where it is coming from. You simply feel it, without thinking. For example, a person may say “Why am I so stressed all the time? My life should be great by all means.” while their own partner is covertly gaslighting them. Right now it seems you’re looking at parameters of your life, concluding you should be feeling great, but you’re not. You don’t know the reason because you’re not paying attention to your body. Maybe you just need some rest after those 70hour weeks. Maybe your parents hammered into you head that you have to have a prestigious job, and yours isn’t.
Finding a good therapist is like dating. You have to test the waters and find someone who you can trust and someone who can open you up. Just use zocdoc or something and set up a few appointments with a few therapists in the area. I've had luck with PhDs rather than social workers(LCSW), but YMMV