A patient has a video call with mental health therapist. (Getty Images)
Many Americans faced obstacles to finding a mental health counselor before the pandemic. Now it s even harder.
There s a shortage of counselors to meet the rising demand to treat conditions like depression and anxiety. Almost a third of therapists are seeing more patients, according to a survey last fall by the American Psychological Association, and many are turning away patients because they re booked up.
Licensed professional counselor Tamara Ferebee of Chester, Virginia, is seeing these challenges firsthand. She s executive director of human services administration at the National Association of Black Counselors.
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