Are graduate students generally good psychotherapists?

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I'm at college and we have mental health services as part of the health center that's provided for students. I just went to see a therapist on Monday and she's a graduate student- she looks so young, and I've already heard that MHS is pretty crappy at helping people. How can you tell if therapy would help you, or if the therapist is any good? Because I feel like I'm about to unload an avalanche on this poor girl and she's just gonna get buried, and I'll still be in the same place as before. Also, any tips on expressing yourself in therapy? I know what I feel but I don't really know how to say it.

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I can understand why you would be worried. Every therapist has a superviser who they go to and discuss their cases. If there was any concern about her not being able to help you then they would work that out between them and suggest someone eles for you. I would suggest you go to her and say your worries to her - after all you are meant to be honest in therapy. She would have had heaps of training and she probably would be really up with the new theories and stuff so she could be really good for you. She will also be eager and new and wanting to do a great job so you could end up having a really attentive therapist. Everyone we meet we learn something from. Why not see what you can learn through working with her while you are a student see it as a practice and then when you leave the college you will have learned how to express yourself in therapy. It will be cheaper at your college therapy centre then out in the real world so the skills you learn there will be great for if you go to therapy later on and have to pay a fortune.

Dont discount her yet. You never know she could be just the right person for you at this moment right now.

Good Luck

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