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CONCORD The pandemic stoked two major changes in the mental health profession it shifted counseling online and it created an influx of patients.A bill in the New Hampshire Statehouse aims to address both changes, making virtual counseling even.
The pandemic stoked two major changes in the mental health profession – it shifted counseling online and it created an influx of patients. A bill could address both changes by making virtual counseling even more accessible by giving Granite Staters.
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Amid Covid, providers report seeing the ‘biggest spike’ in people seeking care
February 15, 2021
There is no archetype of people seeking mental health help right now.
Some who reach out to therapists are mothers completely overwhelmed as they try to balance Zoom calls and parenting stir-crazy kids. Some are adolescents whose social interactions were suddenly limited to tiny boxes on their computers. Some callers have never needed therapy before the pandemic. Others want to ramp up sessions they have attended for years.
Prospective clients have no universal reason for calling either. The pandemic, of course, comes up often. But the specific subject of distress seems to change in waves, said Seth Wizwer, president of the New Hampshire Mental Health Counselors Association.
There is no archetype of people seeking mental health help right now.
Some who reach out to therapists are mothers completely overwhelmed as they try to balance Zoom calls and parenting stir-crazy kids. Some are adolescents whose social interactions were suddenly limited to tiny boxes on their computers. Some callers have never needed therapy before the pandemic. Others want to ramp up sessions they have attended for years.
Prospective clients have no universal reason for calling either. The pandemic, of course, comes up often. But the specific subject of distress seems to change in waves, said Seth Wizwer, president of the New Hampshire Mental Health Counselors Association.