Psychotherapy at Home: Telehealth Makes it Possible

Bri Vieira, a digital strategist in Boston, saw her therapist regularly, and credited the weekly sessions with helping her manage anxiety and depression. But Vieira never met her therapist in person. She used teletherapy — a method using face-to-face t… Continue reading

Mass Violence in the News: How Do We Cope?

(Editor’s Note: It’s sad that we now have to add two more incidents of mass shootings to a list that has become disturbingly long. The shooters in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, on Aug. 4 and 5, 2019, killed 31 people and wounded at least another 50… Continue reading

Should We Bring Back Public Psychiatric Hospitals?

Consider for a moment this situation: Your adult daughter suffers from a serious mental illness. You have tried to get help for her, but it has not worked out, and you were told that unless she’s a danger to herself or someone else, she can’t be hospit… Continue reading