Finding Mental Health Care

The Screen Between You and Your Therapist Two years ago, the idea of having a therapy session from your living room felt strange to most Americans. Today, millions of people cannot imagine going back. The pandemic forced a massive experiment in mental health care delivery, and the results surprised even the skeptics. For many conditions, telehealth works … Read more

The Wrong Therapist Can Make Things Worse You finally did it. After weeks of putting it off, you searched for mental health providers near meand booked an appointment. You sat in the waiting room. You filled out the intake forms. You sat across from a stranger and told them things you have never told anyone. And … Read more

The Wrong Therapist Can Make Things Worse You finally did it. After weeks of putting it off, you searched for mental health providers near meand booked an appointment. You sat in the waiting room. You filled out the intake forms. You sat across from a stranger and told them things you have never told anyone. And … Read more

Daniel Park did not call himself depressed. He called himself tired. The 29-year-old second-generation Korean-American software engineer in Seattle had been working through chronic neck pain, headaches, and a stomach that kept rejecting food for almost a year. His mother brought him soup and herbal teas. His father suggested he sleep more. His primary care … Read more

Daniel Park did not call himself depressed. He called himself tired. The 29-year-old second-generation Korean-American software engineer in Seattle had been working through chronic neck pain, headaches, and a stomach that kept rejecting food for almost a year. His mother brought him soup and herbal teas. His father suggested he sleep more. His primary care … Read more

Tasha Williams had been carrying the weight of her promotion in a quiet way. A 34-year-old senior project manager in Atlanta, she had been the first Black woman in her division to make director, and the recognition came with sleepless nights, a tight chest, and a feeling she could not name. Her primary care doctor … Read more

Tasha Williams had been carrying the weight of her promotion in a quiet way. A 34-year-old senior project manager in Atlanta, she had been the first Black woman in her division to make director, and the recognition came with sleepless nights, a tight chest, and a feeling she could not name. Her primary care doctor … Read more

One Size Does Not Fit All The phrase mental health providers near me means something different depending on who is typing it into the search bar. A mother searching for help for her fifteen-year-old daughter needs someone trained in adolescent brain development and family dynamics. A retired veteran in a rural county needs a provider who understands … Read more

One Size Does Not Fit All The phrase mental health providers near me means something different depending on who is typing it into the search bar. A mother searching for help for her fifteen-year-old daughter needs someone trained in adolescent brain development and family dynamics. A retired veteran in a rural county needs a provider who understands … Read more

Elena, a 36-year-old graphic designer in Minneapolis, had been in individual therapy for six years and felt like she was talking in circles. Her therapist suggested adding a Tuesday-evening interpersonal process group at a downtown clinic—seven members plus two co-leaders, weekly, indefinite duration. Elena resisted for three months. Talking about her marriage in front of … Read more