“There’s a lot more that we factor into the fee than just the session alone”
I found it both ironic and refreshing that in the very same issue you published both an article on the complexities and costs of mental health in our frum community as well a write-up on a new childbirth trauma program in England, run by a former student of mine.
Also mentioned in the article about the cost of mental health was the best-selling book Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier. In a nutshell, Abigail sums up the sorry state of mental health in today’s youth compared to previous generations. She brings statistical evidence — youth suicide rates are climbing, antidepressant prescriptions for children are common, and the proliferation of mental health diagnoses has not helped the staggering number of kids who are lonely, lost, sad, and fearful of growing up. What, she asks, has gone wrong with America’s youth? The problem, she argues, is not the kids — it’s the medical health experts.
She reveals that most of the therapeutic approaches have serious side effects and few proven benefits. Among her unsettling findings is the claim that “talk therapy can induce rumination, trapping children into a cycle of anxiety and depression.” Can this also be true of mothers who are primed for so-called childbirth trauma?
Let me be clear, I’m all for mothers being prepared for childbirth, and doulas who step up to the plate in their defense from abusive behaviors in the hospital and or birthing center. But is this trauma?
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