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I'm sorry, but that has been a problem for decades now and has been made worse by social media and the covid pandemic. Yes. Has there been any noticeable development in better counselling and/or higher availability of any mental health professionals over those same decades?

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The only change I've noticed as an adult trying to find affordable therapy is the rise of every podcast on earth advertising for Better Help. Which I trust about as much as any other product I've been asked to buy during a podcast.

Local therapy offerings are a joke with most of my local options being religious driven programs/therapists. Insurance coverage of mental health issues even on my work based insurance is non-existent. I don't see this problem going away any time soon.

What sort of plan do you have? All ACA compliant plans should cover mental health at this point. A lot of people are getting therapy for $10 a session copay these days.

Work pays $400, I pay $50 monthly for Medical/Dental/Vision insurance. Nothing seems to be covered outside of that. (BCBS/Aflac mixed plan)

That a small army of counsellors and mental health professionals are needed at all is worrying. It seems like a bad fix for deeper systemic issues.

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