Jasmine spent six weeks searching for the right person. She’d typed “trauma therapist near me” into Google more times than she could count, scrolled through Psychology Today profiles until they blurred together, and called four different offices that either didn’t return her message or quoted a $250 cash-only rate she couldn’t sustain. The fifth therapist … Read more
Sam bought an Oura ring three months into his anxiety treatment because his therapist had asked him to track sleep. By week two he was checking his readiness score before deciding whether he could handle a difficult work meeting. By week six he was canceling plans on days the ring told him his HRV was … Read more
The first time Marcus tried to stop sertraline, he did what his prescriber suggested: cut the 100 mg dose in half for two weeks, then stop. By day six of the lower dose he was dizzy whenever he turned his head. By day three of zero he was crying in his car at lunch, sleeping … Read more
Three Different Professionals, Three Different Roles Most patients searching for mental health care encounter three different kinds of providers and use the names interchangeably. Therapist. Psychologist. Psychiatrist. The terms are not synonymous. They describe different training, different scopes of practice, and different roles within a treatment plan. Choosing the right kind of provider for your specific need … Read more
Officer Daniel Quintero filed a workers comp mental health claim after he pulled three children from a wrecked sedan on Interstate 5 in May 2023. Two of them survived. He went back on shift the following Tuesday after a department-mandated 72-hour stand-down, finished his patrol cycle, and over the next four months stopped sleeping, started … Read more
Cody Whitcomb walked into the Hennepin County emergency department in Minneapolis on a cold Tuesday morning in February, three days after his last hit of methamphetamine. He had not slept more than two hours total since arriving. He was crying, shaking, and convinced he should not be alive. The triage nurse logged him as “stimulant … Read more
How to find a pediatric mental health professional, evidence-based child therapy modalities, school 504 and IEP services, insurance coverage, and crisis resources.
The Silence of the New Mother You are supposed to be happy. That is what everyone keeps telling you. You have a beautiful, healthy baby. You waited for this. You planned for this. You should be glowing. But you are not glowing. You are crying in the bathroom while your partner has family over to … Read more
LGBTQ+ affirming mental health care guide: minority stress, gender-affirming providers, finding queer-friendly clinicians, insurance coverage, and crisis resources.
Tashawn Pellington was 22 weeks pregnant in August 2024 when she walked into a Knoxville detox facility carrying her overnight bag. The intake nurse looked at her belly, then at her chart, then told her the program could not accept pregnant patients and she should go to an emergency department. Tashawn had been using fentanyl … Read more