Monique ThompsonLicensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor & Infidelity Recovery Specialist

The 1st thing to do when you are shopping for a therapist!

27 Jun 2025 · 2 min

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In this short, conversational video Dr. Monique Thompson addresses the lingering stigma around therapy and celebrates its growing acceptance among newer generations. She identifies the primary barrier to starting therapy as the lack of a practical plan for scheduling sessions. Her core recommendation is to consult your personal calendar and pinpoint a consistent day of the week and a time slot that provides roughly a two‑hour window during which you are both emotionally and physically ready for therapy. She calls this the "sweet spot" and explains that even if you find an excellent therapist, therapy will fail if you cannot reliably attend. Thompson promises future videos that will elaborate on why a two‑hour window matters and will share additional tips for selecting a therapist.

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Hi guys, this is Dr. Thompson, and I'm gonna do a few videos to help you with the number one reason— I think anyway, the number one reason that people are not scheduling therapy, because the big deal about going to therapy has kind of died down. You know, that was my generation. People were afraid to let people know they had a therapist. You know, people would talk down about you going. People don't do that anymore, so I'm really glad that the new generations have normalized going to therapy, taking care of your mental health. But the way that you all shop for therapists, let me give you a tip. So this video, I'm going to share with you the first thing, like literally the first thing you need to do when you're getting ready to shop for a therapist. That is, look on your calendar. Your calendar. Find the day of the week and the time of day With about a 2-hour window when you are going to be emotionally and physically available for therapy. So everybody has what I call a sweet spot, a day of the week and a time of day that's really ideal for you to go and, you know, deal with yourself. If you find somebody great, that's wonderful, but if you were not available, then you can see how that doesn't work out. So So here's the first thing to do when you're getting ready to shop for a therapist. Look on your calendar. Look on your calendar, your personal calendar. Look at the day of the week and the time of day with about a 2-hour window, okay? And I'll explain in another short, like, why 2 hours. But definitely a day of the week, a time of day when you are available for therapy. And that's the first thing you're gonna do when you're shopping for a therapist, okay? And I'll be back with some more tips later.