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You might want to check out if you or he has an employee assistance program with your work. My husband used his to find a counselor, and it was really easy - he called a number and told the person what he was looking for, answered some questions and they made an appointment. The first few sessions were free and then he used insurance. It was a really nice benefit that I wouldn't have even thought of previously. It wasn't for marriage counseling but his counselor offered marriage counseling too. I think since it is for 2 people, marriage counseling is usually only covered by insurance if one of you has a diagnosed mental illness, but I'm not 100% sure.

We paid out of pocket for one that was recommended by several of my friends/coworkers.

trying insurance first would help narrow the field. there can be a high start-up cost to finding a therapist because it might take a few visits to a couple of different people to find the right "one" for you. good luck!

As a social worker myself, I wanted to mention the NASW (our professional org) website, helpstartshere.org where there is a "find a social worker" option.

Your state should also have an agency that manages mental health licensing and you could look people up on their website to find people on your area and see if they have had any disciplinary actions etc. Good luck!

We went through couples counselling (and I had individual counselling) and I found it through my employee assistance program at work. You usually get a certain number of sessions for free and then you can choose to continue at your expense. If you have extra coverage you should be able to get some of it covered through that.