Does Insurance Cover Couples Therapy? What Do You Do If It Doesn’t?

Couples therapy is a great way to restore a relationship. If you and your partner are experiencing problems and looking to work through them, it could be just the thing to help fix it. The problem is, most insurance companies will not cover couples or marriage counseling. This is because “relationship problems” are not technically a ment...

Who Is A Sex Therapist and How Do I Choose One?

Sex can be a difficult topic for people, especially couples. Sexual health problems can be even more uncomfortable to discuss. Problems in the bedroom (like sexual performance or low libido) are much broader than what you would discuss with your therapist or doctor. This is where sex therapy becomes important.Sex therapists are license...

What Being A Therapist Actually Means

Therapy is getting more common the less stigmatized mental health becomes. People go through mental health struggles at several points throughout their lifetimes. Depression is, unfortunately, incredibly common and often requiresprofessional help to overcome. For this reason, therapy has become as much a part of people’s routine as going to...

What is Sliding Scale Therapy? How Do I Know If I Qualify?

There is a very large problem in our society where people do not have the correct resources to receive the help they need for their health concerns. The cost of treatment can be particularly high, and when people are concerned about that, they revert to wrestling with their problems alone. Access to mental health services is an ongoing probl...

Attachment-Based Family Therapy 101

The word ‘attachment’ is one we have come to adopt to describe our dependency on the digital world. However, the traditional meaning has more to do with our relationships with each other and our dependence on that. British Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst John Bowlby is credited with the development of this kind of therapy. He took a sharp...

EMDR Therapy 101

EMDR is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This therapy is an interactive, psychotherapy approach that is used to relieve psychological stress, trauma, and post-traumatic stress disorder. EMDR therapy was developed by Francine Shapiro in 1988 and has been a popular and effective form of mental health treatment since then. The goa...