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How do you go about getting mental health helped for your child? That's a

question we get a lot from parents. They're not exactly sure how to approach

it. Now its geographical so there's a lot of different things to consider

depending on where you live and what services are available. For example, if

you're on a farm there's probably not a lot of resources in your area, okay. If

you're in a big city you might have a lot of resources and it'll be hard to

choose. One of the first things that I would recommend you do is actually begin

the process with your general practitioner or your family doctor. Go in

for a wellness check and be sure everything is well, and double check to

see what's going on, and then ask your physician for a recommendation for

whatever it is that you may think your child needs. So that's definitely one

place to start. Your general practitioner will generally have some idea of who to

recommend to. Now one of the limitations is that they will recommend to people

that they know, and there may be other people in your area that may be more

effective or actually more helpful to you and your family, but it's a good

place to start. Begin there and go with the recommendation and then evaluate. Now

I did a video on how to choose a good therapist or how to choose a therapist

earlier, so go back and revisit that so you can choose exactly what's a good fit

for you. You can also do a google search. So if you go online and you can search

online for recommendations in your area of different practitioners. Now the

downside of that is that you may not know very much about the person and

there are some sites that will give you, you know, ratings of whether or not this

was a good practitioner or whether this was not a good mental health provider. So

you may want to do your homework in that. Now take some of those with a grain of

salt. People usually will complain about a mental health professional because

they've had a problem. People who receive services and the services we're good,

won't always leave a great recommendation on there. And they may not

leave anything at all because they don't want to be seen as somebody who's seen a

mental health professional. So be very wary about recommendations that from

therapists that are online because they may not be entirely reliable. What are

the other things you can do is check with your social networks and that's

going into Facebook and figuring out in your area. You can ask friends on there.

You can ask your neighbors for recommendations for mental health

professionals in your area who may be able to help you. This has proven to be a

very effective way to do it because you can ask questions and you can have those

answers fairly quickly from people who have had experience with these people. So

do your research and do your homework and double-check. Now one of the

downsides to that is that if you have insurance that person may not be

covered in your insurance plan. So that's why I recommend you work with your

general practitioner first because they will usually ask you and they'll know

what insurance you have and what may work for you, okay. So again, do your

homework and look around and ask. Word-of-mouth is also very very helpful

in finding someone who may be beneficial to you. Now once you find somebody, do

your homework again and don't rely on them. You want to be sure that this is a

good fit for you. Again I refer back to the video that I recorded earlier on how

to choose a good therapist. Go back and revisit that. It's very helpful in

helping you determine that if it's a good fit for your child and if

services will be very very helpful for you. So I've given you some multiple ways

that you can find a mental health professional to help you with your needs.

One of the things you should consider though is that with the growing problem

with insurance and prices for treatment, there are some mental professionals that

choose to work out of any network. And so these professionals have set up their

own businesses where they don't work with insurance at all, and depending on

where you go, some of these are actually cheaper than seeing someone through

insurance. Because, of course, insurance will pay a certain amount and then you

end up paying a copay for certain amounts. So you may want to

do your research on that. It's a benefit for some therapists to work out of

network because working with insurance companies can be very difficult. In that

therapists have to hire somebody to code, and code correctly, in order to bill an

insurance company. And the same with medical professionals. You'll find that

there are some medical professionals actually moving in this direction. There

is a few in California where you can pay for concierge medicine. And you pay a

flat fee of $100 for a visit from a physician. They'll come to your house and

and see you. And that's kind of the general idea of what's happening in the

mental health field is that they're moving away and just providing services

for a flat fee. Then if you need something that's a little more intensive

and serious, then they can make recommendations from there. But that way

you're not restricted to whatever's in your insurance plan. So do your homework.

Ask around. Do a Google online search. Find out. Watch the video on how to

choose an effective therapist for you and your family. And you should be in

good shape in finding something that will be helpful and beneficial for you

and your family. So that's how you would get mental health help. But you do, it is

required for you to do some homework. So don't forget to subscribe to our channel

and if you have any questions, feel free to send them. We would love to answer

questions here on our vlog and also through email. And don't forget to visit

the Smarter Parenting website where you can get some more tips and suggestions

on how to be a better parent and also on how to raise resilient and happy

children. That's it for me and we'll see you next week.