The Question Patients Ask at the End of Therapy By the time someone has done meaningful mental health care and is approaching the end of a treatment chapter, the question hovering over the last few sessions is rarely “did this work?” It is something more anxious: “what happens when I stop?” The implicit fear is that everything … Read more
Dr. Priya Reddy was an emergency medicine resident at a Boston teaching hospital, two years out from board certification, when her panic attacks crossed a line. She had managed them through medical school with therapy and a low-dose SSRI. The night a charge nurse found her hyperventilating in the supply closet during a mass-casualty drill, … Read more
Dr. Priya Reddy was an emergency medicine resident at a Boston teaching hospital, two years out from board certification, when her panic attacks crossed a line. She had managed them through medical school with therapy and a low-dose SSRI. The night a charge nurse found her hyperventilating in the supply closet during a mass-casualty drill, … Read more
Priya was a software product manager in Seattle, two years into a job she once loved and now resented, when her therapist suggested she try a guided walk on Bainbridge Island. She protested politely. She had hiked plenty. The therapist clarified that this was different. It was a three-hour walk that covered less than half … Read more
Priya was a software product manager in Seattle, two years into a job she once loved and now resented, when her therapist suggested she try a guided walk on Bainbridge Island. She protested politely. She had hiked plenty. The therapist clarified that this was different. It was a three-hour walk that covered less than half … Read more
Brian had eighty-seven days clean when he walked out of a Seattle outpatient program with a discharge folder under his arm and a Tuesday afternoon that suddenly stretched ahead of him with no scheduled groups, no morning check-ins, and no counselor down the hall. The folder included a list of AA meetings, a phone number … Read more
Brian had eighty-seven days clean when he walked out of a Seattle outpatient program with a discharge folder under his arm and a Tuesday afternoon that suddenly stretched ahead of him with no scheduled groups, no morning check-ins, and no counselor down the hall. The folder included a list of AA meetings, a phone number … Read more
The Largest Insurer of Mental Health Care You Probably Forgot When Americans talk about insurance for mental health care, the conversation usually orbits commercial plans. Employer health benefits. ACA marketplace coverage. Networks like UnitedHealthcare therapists, Aetna, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Almost forgotten in that conversation is the country’s largest single source of mental health funding: … Read more
The Largest Insurer of Mental Health Care You Probably Forgot When Americans talk about insurance for mental health care, the conversation usually orbits commercial plans. Employer health benefits. ACA marketplace coverage. Networks like UnitedHealthcare therapists, Aetna, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Almost forgotten in that conversation is the country’s largest single source of mental health funding: … Read more
Daniel was thirty-six, a software architect in Minneapolis, when his marriage cracked open and he finally walked into a therapist’s office. He had not cried since he was eleven. He could not say why a slammed cupboard door made his chest seize. He had a successful career, two children he loved, and a private life … Read more