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What is a therapy session?

Therapy is the common name for mental health counseling or psychotherapy.  There are many types of therapy, but in general it is the process of meeting with a mental health professional to resolve problematic issues that are affecting mental health, relationships, work, and feelings. 

People enter therapy for many reasons. Most are striving to overcome issues that keep them from becoming the healthiest version of themselves.  Although sometimes there is a stigma attached to seeking therapy, patients should be encouraged to seek the type of therapy that is the best fit.  Mental health treatment is just as important as any type of physical treatment for whole-body wellness.

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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