M. Ted

Yes, they have. And they also said that many insurance providers are putting a very strict limit on the number of sessions the insured person can have with the mental health professional. This number is becoming unbelievably small. Sometimes it's as few as four or eight visits.

They're starting to teach us how to do a kind of mental health triage, in which we focus like a lazer on one specific issue that can be dealt with in the fewest number of sessions.

Having been the recipient of quite a lot of counseling and therapy in my own life, as well as one who will be trying to help people as a professional in the future, I have to say that this situation sends chills down my spine.

Carol