How can you find a mental health provider?

To find a mental health provider, you have several options:

• Ask your health insurance company for a list of covered providers. Many insurance companies make a list of providers they cover available on the internet.
• Seek a referral or recommendation from your primary care provider.
• Ask trusted friends, family or clergy.
• Check to see whether your company's employee assistance program (EAP) or student health center offers mental health services, or ask for a referral.
• Contact a local or national mental health organization by phone or on the internet, such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
• Search the internet for professional associations that have directories of mental health providers, such as the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association or the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
• Check phone book listings or search the internet under categories such as community service numbers, counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists or social service organizations.