What People Need and Want from Therapy

This great article, by Linda Michaels our Chair and Co-Founder, What People Need and Want from Therapy: Advancing Access to Quality Care. Linda brings PsiAN's market research to a general audience, highlighting key results that support therapies of depth, insight and relationship—such as 68% of people want to get to the root of their issues.

She explains how apps and other approaches, like manualized therapy, lack a strong evidence base and result mainly in relapse - not sustained benefit. Linda also outlines what makes for effective therapy, and how the insurance industry, venture capital, and a consumerist focus are all barriers to real access and quality care.

December 2022