From the Psychotherapy Action Network. “Read Linda Michaels’ letter in the New York Times. In it, the Chair and Co-Founder of Psychotherapy Action Network names something too much of the mental health conversation avoids: what’s being sold as therapy often isn’t therapy.

Writing in response to Daniel Duane’s August 9 guest essay, Michaels draws the line. Therapy has imitators: platforms that dispatch counselors like takeout, TikTok influencers handing out diagnoses, coaching packages and chatbots rebranded as care. They borrow the language of therapy and the promise of relief. They leave out what makes it work.”

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Justin Karter recently recorded a podcast interview with Linda Michaels which you can find here.

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