Can I see two therapists at the same time?

A: Two therapists doing different jobs: normal, common, encouraged. Individual therapist plus couples therapist → is the classic pair (most couples therapists prefer each partner have their own person). Individual therapy plus a skills group →, or therapy plus a prescriber → — same. Two therapists doing the same job — two individual weekly therapists working the same material — is where clinicians push back: the approaches pull against each other, progress muddies, and it often quietly means something ("I can't tell therapist A this" is itself the thing to tell therapist A). Ethical therapists will ask about other care at intake, and the two-doing-different-jobs setup works best when they know about each other.

Worked example: individual CBT for anxiety + EFT couples work with your partner = complementary, both know the other exists. CBT therapist Mondays + psychodynamic therapist Thursdays, neither told about the other = the setup most therapists will decline.

Do this: if you're adding a second because the first isn't working, that's the switching conversation →, not an addition. Insurance note: plans generally cover one individual session per day, but individual + couples in the same week is routinely covered.

Source: CAMFT ethical standards on coordination of care — camft.org.