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News Articles: therapy

Researchers hope AI can help with the shortage of mental health providers.

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  • Health

The (artificial intelligence) therapist can see you now

Many AI products claim to deliver mental health therapy, but with little quality control. But new research suggests with the right training, AI can be effective at helping people.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
There are all kinds of coaches — life coach, mindset coach, health coach, relationship coach — but they don't have the same training as a therapist.

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  • Health

Life coach or therapist? Know the differences

There's multi-billion dollar market in the U.S. for life and health coaching. Many Americans are looking for alternatives to traditional mental health care. But unlike therapy, coaching is unregulated.

September 10, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Hemendinger
Top row, from left: Marsinah Ramirez Buchan, Philip Bender, Elizabeth Fisher. Bottom row, from left: Rosanne Marmor, Kendra F. Dunlap, and Carter J. Carter.

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  • Health

Finding a therapist who takes your insurance can be nearly impossible. Here's why

Getting mental health care covered by insurance can be really tough. Reporters spoke to hundreds of therapists who left their insurance networks to find out why.

August 25, 2024
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By:
  • Annie Waldman,
  • Maya Miller,
  • and 2 more
Sara Miliji, 12, from the border village of Naqoura, participates in an art class at a renovated movie theatre in the city of Tyre. Sara's family fled when their village was bombed. They now live along with hundreds of other families in a schoolroom turned into a shelter.<br>

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  • Global Health

Art is a comfort for these displaced Lebanese kids

Displaced by current airstrikes and past conflicts, children board a brightly painted bus to attend art classes that aim to make them feel like kids again — and give them a way to express their pain.

July 25, 2024
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By:
  • Jane Arraf and
  • Jawad Rizkallah
Siblings may not be obvious fodder for the therapist's office, but experts say maybe they should be. "People just don't perceive those relationships as needing the type of attention and tending one might bring to a spouse or child," says <a href="https://tribecatherapy.com/our-therapists/kelly-scott/">Kelly Scott</a> of Tribeca Therapy in New York.

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  • Health

All grown up, but still fighting? Why more siblings are turning to therapy, together

Plenty of people go to couples therapy — why not siblings therapy? Experts say the long, complicated relationships between siblings are worth exploring and tending to.

April 29, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Feibel

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  • Health

Psychologists say they can't meet the growing demand for mental health care

More than half say they're not taking new patients, in a new survey. They report their existing patients need more attention for complex problems, and many keep months-long waitlists.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Teen mental health has suffered in recent years, partly fueled by the disruptions of the pandemic. New York City is working to expand mental health support to all high school students via telehealth.

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  • Opinion

New York City is embracing teletherapy for teens. It may not be the best approach

A proposal to establish the biggest student mental health program in the country contains a paradox. With teens' mental health struggles partly fueled by screens, is teletherapy the right tool?

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Rainier Harris
An EMDR therapy session with Marlo Taylor holding up two fingers as Jess Geyerman tracks her motion while seated on a sofa in front of Taylor.

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  • Health

This PTSD treatment uses eye movement to turn traumatic memories into learning, healing experiences

The Georgia EMDR Network has 150 certified specialists, but its community coordinator Angie Heath estimates hundreds of therapists throughout the state are using EMDR — eye movement desensitization and reprocessing — techniques for people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

August 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Finding a therapist that's a good fit for you takes persistence.

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  • Health

A step-by-step guide to finding a therapist

If you've ever felt a need for therapy but got overwhelmed at the very prospect of choosing a provider, read on. Here's a step-by-step guide to finding someone who fits your needs — and budget.

July 02, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Muraskin
Charles Silverstein (left) and his partner of 20 years, William Bory, smile at the camera in the 1970s. Silverstein dedicated his work to helping LGBTQ people live without shame.

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  • Obituaries

Charles Silverstein, a psychologist who helped destigmatize homosexuality, dies at 87

Homosexuality was considered a mental disorder and "sexual deviation" until 1973 — months after Silverstein gave a presentation challenging the classification.

February 09, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde

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  • Health

Here's how some therapists are tackling structural racism in their practice

A new wave of counselors is supporting people of color by 'decolonizing' the practice of therapy. They aim to make therapy more culturally responsive and to take generational trauma into account.

November 25, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Beard

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  • Mental Health

Opinion: A jet flew by in Michigan. It reminded me that wartime trauma is hard to heal

Conflicts in Ethiopia, Ukraine and other countries cause psychological trauma that can last far beyond any ceasefire. An Ethiopian-born mental health epidemiologist shares her insights.

April 10, 2022
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By:
  • Maji Hailemariam Debena

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  • Race

Unlearning anti-Blackness in therapy: 'The Buck Stops Here'

Twenty percent of American adults sought out therapy in 2020. But Grisell Valencia faced a challenge; she wanted a therapist who could respond to experiences she was dealing with as an Afro-Latina.

March 17, 2022
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By:
  • Isabeth Mendoza
Teenager Sama Ahel was taught deep breathing to cope following the Gaza-Israel conflict in May.

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  • Global Health

Deep breathing helps kids ease 'Gaza trauma'

It's difficult to treat Gazans, said psychologist Ismael Ahel. "We can't just deal with the first trauma or the second trauma. It's a complexity of trauma." And children are deeply affected.

November 17, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Anas Baba
Medical first aid is actually not what we're focused on in this situation, says Ampara Vilasmil, a mental health activity manager for a camp set up by MSF in Montepuez. Most of the people that come to the camps are hungry and tired but physically fine. It's actually psychological first aid they need to help them deal with the trauma they've been through.

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  • Global Health

A Surprising Kind Of First Aid For Mozambicans Fleeing Violence

Psychological first aid is part of the mission of Doctors Without Borders. They hope to give those fleeing the horrors of civil unrest the tools to start moving past their trauma.

April 15, 2021
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By:
  • Suzette Lohmeyer
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