I've been struggling with suicidal thoughts, feelings, even plans and after fighting my HMO (Kaiser) and losing, I have to fund weekly therapy myself. So far I've been able to have sessions every two weeks which is not quite enough as I gradually fall back into despair during the long interval in between. We have funds for one session per month out ( Read more... )

1. Know the process in California (review other states for any changes to this information ( Read more... )

Years ago I was trained to examine the connections between the personal and political. In light of my own struggle to get individual psychotherapy from my insurer--one I lost--I've been reading about the difficulty others have had in spite of the so-called parity legislation that was supposed to bring mental health care up to the standard of ( Read more... )