What to Do When Your Therapist Leaves You
Whether they’re taking the summer off or retiring for good, losing your go-to confidant isn’t easy.
Explainers
Mental Health
Scopes
When Does Self-Care Do More Harm Than Good?
There’s nothing wrong with promoting your own well-being, but some experts worry the self-care movement is masking a greater need for professional help.
Voices
After Two Decades, I Decided to Go Off Antidepressants
The months-long process of tapering off Lexapro didn't go quite as I expected.
Rounds
1 Question, 5 Answers: When Is Online Therapy the Right Choice?
5 mental health providers weigh in on text message-based treatment.
Explainers
Which Type of Therapist Do You Need?
Understanding what different types of mental health professionals do, and how their services overlap.
Scopes
How to Be a Patient After You’ve Been in a Cult
For former cult members, the process of adjusting to life without a guru includes reclaiming personal agency in healthcare.
Rounds
1 Question, 5 Answers: How Should You Act When You See Your Therapist In Public?
Smile and nod? Just keep walking? 5 mental-health practitioners discuss etiquette for therapist run-ins.
Scopes
The Ongoing Quest to Figure Out SAD
More than 30 years after seasonal affective disorder was first identified, understanding the condition remains a work in progress.
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