Psychology TodayReviews of psychologytoday.com

What's the point of having a website that allows you to connect to therapists who don't respond?

Psychology Today has outdated and damaging information about autism on their site. They answer questions like "can it be cured" and laud ABA as the standard of treatment. ABA is extremely harmful to autistics, making use of dog training techniques, excessively touching people and not providing autistic accommodations to people who are hypersensitive to sensory stimuli (i.e. forcing them to vacuum without providing any kind of ear protection which can be extremely painful to autistics and can result in meltdowns). ABS denies autistic people agency and autonomy. Autism is not a disease to be treated or cured, it is a neurological difference. Without autistics we wouldn't have much of the technology we currently enjoy.

I didn't get any patients here.

Can't find a good therapist here.

I required a therapist, This website is supposed to make the search effortless but seems to be outdated. Almost all their referrals were given after entering my details and health insurance didn’t accept my insurance. I called 4 referrals who stated to take my insurance but did not.

IT DOESN’T SEEM AS THOUGH PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS ARE VERY DEDICATED TO HELPING PEOPLE. IT IS ALL ABOUT INSURANCE. NO WONDER THERE ARE SO MANY MENTALLY/ EMOTIONALLY ILL PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY.

ISN'T EVERYONE A RATTY DISGUSTING ADDICT WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THEIR "MENTAL HEALTH"??!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! NOPE!!!!!!!!!! I'M F#CKING NOT!!!!!!!! & MOTHA F#CKIN' PROUD OF IT!!!!!!!!! LOOKS LIKE CLOCKWORK ORANGE WHERE SOME PSYCHOPATHIC ADDICT'S GETTING HAND FED BY A LUNATIC DR. IS NOW A TREND ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S PROGRESS!!!!!!!! BUT THEY SHOULD CALL "MENTAL HEALTH" THE "MENTAL ADDICTS PROFESSION OF SUPPORTING RECIDIVISTS" BECAUSE THAT ALL PSYCH. IS NOW!!!!!!!! L.M.F.A.O.H.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STIGMA??!! THAT'S ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL TERM USED TO PAT THEIR STUPID PATHETIC RAT INFESTED SUBSTANCE SUCKING AZZES - WHEN THEY REALLY NEED A GOOD SWIFT HARD KICK IN THEM!!!!!! THEY DESERVE EVERY STIGMA EVER MADE BECAUSE THEY CHOSE THE DRUG & DID IT & EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ALONG W/ IT!!!!!!!!!! U F#CKING LUNATICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOBODY CHOOSES THEIR TRAUMA WHO DOESN'T - I REAPEAT DOESN'T - I MOTHA F#CKING DAMNED WELL REPEAT DOESN'T DO THE F#CKING DRUGS!!!!!!! YOU RET@RDS!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT IF U WANNA BELIEVE THAT IT'S "EVERYONE ELSE'S FAULT" THAT THE BUM AZZ NAZTIER THAN SH#T ADDICTS DO DRUGS - THEN GO RIGHT AHEAD!!!!! BUT IT MAKES YOU JUST AS MENTAL & STUPID & IRRESPONSIBLE AS THEY ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE IT IS THEIR FAULT!!!!! IT IS THEIR F#CKING CHOICE!!!!!!! & WHERE THE F#CK ARE ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS FOR TRAUMA SURVIVORS -----COVERED BY INSURANCE -------- THAT DON'T COST MORE THAN COLLEGE TUITION TO GO TO ------- WHO AREN'T ADDICTS????????!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY????!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY????!!!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY??????!!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE MOTHA F#CKIN' F#CK ARE THEY????!!!!!!!!! BIOTCHES?????????!!!!!!!!!!! NOWHERE???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U F#CKIN' SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS BOTH IN & OUT PATIENT & EMERGENCY SHELTERS & SAFE PLACES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ADDICTIONS WHO DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND THAT SH#T WHEN IN TREATMENT???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY??????!!!!!!! FOR ABUSED PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND SEX OFFENDER ADDICTS??????!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR COLLEGE KIDS GETTING AWAY FROM THEIR ABUSIVE PARENTS??????!!!!!!! FOR SINGLE PARENTS?????????!!!!!!! WHO AREN'T ON MOTHA F#CKIN' DRUGS???????!!!!!!!!!!! FOR ANYONE IN ANY CRISIS - WHO ISN'T ON MOTHA F#CKIN' DRUGS & DOESN'T WANT TO BE HARASSED BY THAT SH#T IN THE "MENTAL HEALTH" SYSTEM WHICH IS REALLY THE "MENTAL ADDICT RECIDIVIST SCUM RAG WH0RE FAKE SYSTEM" NOW?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THE SAFE CENTERS / TREATMENT/ RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS / INPATIENT / CRISIS SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CLEAN THAT WANT NOTHING TO DO W/ THE BUM AZZ ADDICT SLOPUATION THAT WANTS TO HARASS & SEXUALLY OFFEND THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEAN???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND HAVE NEVER HAD THEY'RE F#CKING PROBLEMS - AND DON'T NEED ANY OF THEM EITHER??????!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE THEY ARE SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA??????!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY????!!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY????????!!!!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY???????!!!!! I SAID WHERE THE F#CK ARE THEY?????!!!!!!!! BIOTCHES???????!!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU BEEN RETRAUMATIZED BY THIS SH#T THEY CALL THE DIPSH#T "MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM" BECAUSE IT'S A SYSTEM THAT'S REALLY MADE FOR RECIDIVISTS????!!!!!!!!!! THEN POST & REPORT THIS ALL AROUND THE F#CKIN' WORLD THEY SHOUL'VE LEFT MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH & LEFT REHAB IN SEPARATE PLACES BECAUSE THEY'RE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS. & FOCUSED MORE ON PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO BE SAFE WHO ARE CLEAN. DRUG ADDICTS ARE CRIMINALS; THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW BY DOING DRUGS. LEAVE IT UP TO THEIR PROBATION OFFICER TO FIND THEM REHAB & KEEP IT OUT OF "MENTAL HEALTH" THEY USE & ABUSE THE "SYSTEM" JUST LIKE THEY USE & ABUSE DRUGS & IF U DIDN'T KNOW THAT U R COMPLETELY STUPID!!!!!!! THEY USE IT TO ESCAPE THE LAW SINCE I HAD TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU!!!!!! DDDDUUUUHHHHHH!!!!!!!! GET THE F#CK REAL MORONS - NOT THAT U EVER WILL BUT I SURE AM GETTING RIGHT THE F#CK REAL RIGHT THE F#CK NOW LLLLOOOOSSSEEERRRRSSSS!!!!!!!!! ANONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD EFFECTED BY THESE BUMS POST & REPOST & REPOST THIS W/ YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES THAT I'M SURE WERE "SACRED" & "MENTALLY HEALTHY" - ACTUALLY FAR FROM IT - BEING AROUND SCUMMY NAZTIER THAN SH#T LEWD SK@NKY ADDICTS IN INPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH PLACES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE "SAFE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took a 50-question self-test on "attachment style". The website stated "After finishing this test you will receive a FREE snapshot report with a summary evaluation and graph. You will then have the option to purchase the full results for $6.95". Well, I guess they didn't lie, but their "snapshot" consisted of a single score ("69") on a single domain of a multi-faceted test - pretty much worthless on its own. This snapshot did not even include specification of my overall measured attachment style, let alone any interpretation of my results. I feel like they took my data and gave me nothing. I take a lot of online psychological tests. I understand there is an exchange and that companies will charge money for detailed results. But most companies give the basic results free. I mean, otherwise there is no incentive whatsoever to take the test (unless one wants to buy the result). I feel I was cheated here. My father worked for Psychology Today (the magazine) in the 1960s. They have really fallen since then. Online articles seem to be written by whoever - irregardless of credentials. It all just seems like one big advertising business to generate passive income. Really lousy. I can see from the other reviews that I am not alone in this conclusion.