How do I find a private therapist for complex needs?

[ThisAmpleCritic]

I am at a complete loss of where to start when looking for a privately funded therapist. In the past whenever I’ve been referred for counselling/CBT/whatever through the IAPT, NHS or private medical insurance (which I no longer have), I have always been given 6-10 sessions and then “completed” the course. This is never enough, just as I’ve got to build trust and rapport, scratched the surface of the issues, it’s finished. Invariably I’m left worse off than when I started. I think I want to try and find a privately funded therapist long-term therapist that I can work with in the long term to try and address my long-standing issues… How do I go about doing this? I need someone that can help with counselling in the traditional sense to help me make sense of my past, complex MH history with several diagnoses, trauma/CPTSD type stuff, as well as neurodiversity. Someone has previously suggested DBT and someone else has recommended EMDR… is it possible to have one person that can help with all of these things? I feel like I’m beyond help

You could try looking for a UKCP therapist that describes themselves as integrative. This means they draw on different modalities depending on what suits the client.

God no! Absolutely steer clear of those! A proper training in a therapeutic modality takes between two and six years, people might have a couple of trainings, but rarely to the intensity you'd want.

I would try to find a good clinical psychologist

Thank you! I will try this.