Rural/remote access to suitable care

Finding a psychologist/psychiatrist to suit an individual can seem like winning the lottery. When the odds feel like they are stacked against the individual - and after trying one or two professionals who don't fit - a patient in pyschological distress can easily give up trying; especially if there is a shortfall of professionals practising. For people living in rural/remote areas, the issue is magnified siginificantly. Speaking personally, I persevered. It took me 25 years to find someone who helped me in a meaningful way. I dearly wish I found someone like him decades ago. I never knew imagined that my brain had the capacity to think 'differently'; that it could be retrained to do so. So many people don't have this opportunity. There has to be a better way for patients to find effective clinicians. People in the rural/regional communities shouldn't have to rely on stoicism to live.