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Why Couples Therapy Is Different From Individual Therapy Couples enter therapy with a different set of constraints and goals than individuals. Two people are in the room. The therapeutic alliance is not with one patient but with the relationship itself. The skills the therapist needs are not the same as those used in individual mental health … Read more
The Telehealth Therapy Market Has Matured Quickly Five years ago, virtual therapy was an emergency adaptation. Today, it is a permanent and dominant mode of mental health care delivery in the United States, with several distinct categories of platforms competing for patients. Most prospective patients hear two or three brand names and assume those are the options, … Read more
The Telehealth Therapy Market Has Matured Quickly Five years ago, virtual therapy was an emergency adaptation. Today, it is a permanent and dominant mode of mental health care delivery in the United States, with several distinct categories of platforms competing for patients. Most prospective patients hear two or three brand names and assume those are the options, … Read more
Why Cultural Fit With Your Therapist Is Not Optional For decades, the dominant assumption in American mental health care was that any properly trained therapist could effectively treat any patient, regardless of identity, background, or worldview. Clinical research and patient outcomes have steadily dismantled that assumption. Cultural competence, the capacity of a clinician to understand and work … Read more
Why Cultural Fit With Your Therapist Is Not Optional For decades, the dominant assumption in American mental health care was that any properly trained therapist could effectively treat any patient, regardless of identity, background, or worldview. Clinical research and patient outcomes have steadily dismantled that assumption. Cultural competence, the capacity of a clinician to understand and work … Read more
Emma Patel was eight years old when her mother Priya finally stopped trusting the advice from the parenting forums. Priya, a software engineer in Raleigh, had spent two years rotating through every sleep tip the internet offered. Earlier bedtimes. Later bedtimes. No screens. White noise. Magnesium. Melatonin. None of it stuck. Emma still woke three … Read more
Emma Patel was eight years old when her mother Priya finally stopped trusting the advice from the parenting forums. Priya, a software engineer in Raleigh, had spent two years rotating through every sleep tip the internet offered. Earlier bedtimes. Later bedtimes. No screens. White noise. Magnesium. Melatonin. None of it stuck. Emma still woke three … Read more
Marisol Reyes had been searching for a therapist in Houston for nearly four months when her sister-in-law mentioned a name. Marisol, a 38-year-old Mexican-American mother of three, did not want a counselor who simply spoke Spanish. She wanted someone who understood why she could not bring herself to set a boundary with her mother without … Read more