People call therapy a journey for a reason. It can be daunting just to make the leap and select a therapist, make an appointment, and go to your first session. But one session doesn’t mean you reached ...

Have you ever sunk into the couch at your therapist's office, given a report of the week, and scheduled for next week without a sense of knowing where you are going in therapy or how well you are ...

Many people find that after talking to a counselor or therapist for many weeks, nothing much has changed. This is especially true if they are trying to change a behavior—if, for example, they are ...

With COVID-19 cases and uncertainty about any in-person future on the rise again, virtual therapy may not be what we all want, but it could very well be what we all need. My dive into virtual therapy ...

Speech therapy is a treatment for speech, language, and voice disorders. During speech therapy, you or your child works with a speech-language pathologist (SLP), who teaches you how to speak more ...

Welcome to State of Mind, a new section from Slate and Arizona State University dedicated to exploring mental health. Follow us on Twitter. One of the strange things about paying to bare your soul to ...

Virtual counseling has become the norm during the pandemic. Here’s how to decide whether it’s still working for you. By Juno DeMelo Before the pandemic, Haley Walker was going to in-person talk ...

As a prolific overanalyzer with lots of baggage, I never thought I’d have a hard time coming up with what to talk about in therapy. But the deeper into the new coronavirus pandemic we get, the more ...

Every year, more Americans seek cognitive behavioral therapy and counseling to prioritize their mental health and overall wellbeing. Unfortunately, with the growing cost of living and an uncertain ...