Helena Vasquez, a 29-year-old paralegal in Sacramento, walked into a public library on a Saturday in February because her therapist, after fourteen sessions, had said something that surprised her. “Read Mind Over Mood, slowly, do the worksheets.” Helena had expected another referral or a new medication conversation. She got a book recommendation and a soft … 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
Marisol arrived at a Phoenix emergency department on a Sunday night with her sister driving and her hands trembling so violently she could not sign her own intake form. For three weeks she had not slept more than two hours at a stretch, had stopped eating because swallowing felt like choking, and had begun whispering … Read more
Priya, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Minneapolis, started seeing an out-of-network EMDR therapist last September after a near-miss car accident left her with intrusive flashbacks and panic attacks at red lights. The therapist charged $190 a session, did not bill insurance directly, and handed Priya a single sheet of paper at the end of … Read more
Priya, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Minneapolis, started seeing an out-of-network EMDR therapist last September after a near-miss car accident left her with intrusive flashbacks and panic attacks at red lights. The therapist charged $190 a session, did not bill insurance directly, and handed Priya a single sheet of paper at the end of … Read more
By the time Devon and Priya walked into a Boston counseling office with their partner Jules, they had already burned through two therapists. The first one, well-meaning, kept asking when one of them was going to “pick” the other. The second framed their five-year relationship as a phase Devon would outgrow once he “did the … Read more
By the time Devon and Priya walked into a Boston counseling office with their partner Jules, they had already burned through two therapists. The first one, well-meaning, kept asking when one of them was going to “pick” the other. The second framed their five-year relationship as a phase Devon would outgrow once he “did the … Read more