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Where exactly to find professional help? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by anon8ba31@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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Long story short I need to find professional help because I'm completely stuck in life and have been for a while, thing is, I have no idea where to find one and how, especially as I'm not from a fully developed country with a ton of readily available services (and not the best of places to be to begin with), am not familiar with any of this, and nobody has helped me in any shape or form with this over the years so I'm still actively searching to no avail.

Can't provide exact details publicly for obvious reasons, if need be I have a matrix, but I'm looking for something general, a generalist or a referral org or something that's not regional locked, idk, because I have a lot of things that I need professional help with and some of them are stepping into international level stuff, it's not just one or two things in one place, so no idea who fits what or who I go to for what.

Am only looking to rely on trusted professionals due to needs and hopefully not random strangers, but as I'm in a tricky situation that I'm not really equipped to deal with I kinda have no choice but to post this, just need directions at least as that's my brick wall right now, am completely lost.

No idea if anyone here has any experience with these things, please do chime in if you do! And/or send me your matrix to chat privately incase specifics are absolutely needed.

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[–] souperk@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are being very vogue, and it's making it hard to answer your question.

If you are looking for a mental health professional, there are platforms you can use online, or even lookup professionals in other countries and contact them. Keep in mind, depending on the country the cost can vary greatly, a psychologist in Greece will cost you 40eur per session, but one in USA will cost at least 400usd per session.

Depending on the country you live in, maybe there are public services you can use, though from your post it seems unlikely 🥲

Also, books and video essays, are a great resource bettering ones self, you just need to find the right ones.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

I agree, it's hard to tell what is needed here. But to add - if you're looking to leave your country, then finding a community of people who have done that will be your best resource to start with.

If you're looking for mental health resources outside of your country, in the US we are paying $150/session out of pocket (for a highly specialized therapist that insurance won't cover because insurance is a scam), but there are plenty of resources online to get you started and almost certainly a free or low cost program depending on your circumstances.

If you're looking for an education or a higher paying job, you may be able to pick up experience and learn on the job depending on the field, and you can also contract on the side for many jobs if you're able to self-teach from online resources (web dev comes to mind here).

If you're looking for some other specialized kind of help, you'd need to be more specific about the problem. It doesn't have to be as specific as "I live in Pakistan and want to move to Norway but Pakistan issues visa in an absolutely absurd manner" or whatever, but "moving from one country to another" would probably be enough (for example - I don't know your specific circumstances).