Daniel Okafor, a 47-year-old construction supervisor in Houston, agreed to try music therapy because his daughter Amara had asked him for one favour after his stroke. He could walk again, but his speech had stalled in a way the speech therapist could not budge. Words came in fragments. He sang, however, fluently. His daughter had … Read more
Daniel Okafor, a 47-year-old construction supervisor in Houston, agreed to try music therapy because his daughter Amara had asked him for one favour after his stroke. He could walk again, but his speech had stalled in a way the speech therapist could not budge. Words came in fragments. He sang, however, fluently. His daughter had … Read more
The day Renata rang the bell at her Houston oncology center, her sister cried, the nurses cheered, and Renata smiled for a video that her mother would later post to Facebook with three rows of celebration emojis. That night, she sat in her car in the hospital parking garage and could not bring herself to … Read more
Marcus, a 41-year-old project manager in Cleveland, found out in late January that his teenage son Eli needed residential treatment for severe depression and disordered eating. The treatment center quoted $32,000 for a 30-day stay, with intensive outpatient projected to cost another $14,000 across the spring. Marcus’s family plan had a $4,200 deductible and a … Read more
Marcus, a 41-year-old project manager in Cleveland, found out in late January that his teenage son Eli needed residential treatment for severe depression and disordered eating. The treatment center quoted $32,000 for a 30-day stay, with intensive outpatient projected to cost another $14,000 across the spring. Marcus’s family plan had a $4,200 deductible and a … Read more
Tomas was a graphic design student in Austin who took LSD at a desert festival the summer before his junior year, had what his friends called a beautiful trip, slept it off in a campervan, and went home expecting to never think about it again. Three weeks later he was sitting in a fluorescent-lit lecture … Read more
Tomas was a graphic design student in Austin who took LSD at a desert festival the summer before his junior year, had what his friends called a beautiful trip, slept it off in a campervan, and went home expecting to never think about it again. Three weeks later he was sitting in a fluorescent-lit lecture … Read more
Renee, a 38-year-old hospital nurse in Tampa, married Marcus last summer and merged households with him and his two kids from a previous marriage. Both Renee and Marcus had family insurance through their employers, two solid PPO plans on paper. When Renee took her stepson Jace to start weekly therapy for adjustment disorder in October, … Read more
Marisol had spent eleven years managing Ehlers-Danlos syndrome before she finally tried therapy in Tucson. The first counselor told her that her chronic pain was “psychosomatic” and suggested she try yoga. The second one kept asking, with kind eyes, when she planned to “get back to normal.” By the third intake, Marisol cried in the … Read more
Marisol had spent eleven years managing Ehlers-Danlos syndrome before she finally tried therapy in Tucson. The first counselor told her that her chronic pain was “psychosomatic” and suggested she try yoga. The second one kept asking, with kind eyes, when she planned to “get back to normal.” By the third intake, Marisol cried in the … Read more