Thread by @drjessigold

This piece echoes a lot of what I wrote in mine(w/a cool graphic)

"As a therapist, I wish I could help everyone, but that thought becomes overwhelming and, of course, it's not realistic."

usatoday.com/in-depth/life/…

THREAD on this piece AND how #mentalhealth providers=people,too!

Interesting parts:
🔵Not all of them are in therapy (HOW?!)
🔵Teleheath=harder to connect(we need to do more studies of telehealth & burnout in therapy)cough @ColinWestMDPhD
🔵LOTS of GUILT for not being able to give patients answers & having to turn folks away (I GET this)

"I became numb,&then I became overwhelmed, & then I kind of went back to numb." OOF. THIS QUOTE.

For me:I have struggled w/naming my own feelings as burnout(or valid!),feeling like I wish I had something to say to help(it is death/a pandemic-I don't),& relating too much to all

THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPROVE- IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE:
🔵More requests and NEED (post pandemic mental health will be finally assessed, PTSD from COVID itself & caregiving, ALL OF 2020/21)
🔵Old requests- revisited (people wanna go back!)
🔵Need to be seen MORE often(higher acuity)

A therapist said: "We're helpers, we want to help everyone, we don't want to turn people away...so it's really hard to say, 'No, I can't fit anyone else in.' Or 'I can't help financially.'"

This leads to therapists taking more cases even at capacity & burnout & SUPER-WAIT LISTS

BUT WAIT LISTS AREN'T THE THERAPISTS FAULT,THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

Therapists should not be expected to burn out,take over capacity,&take pro bono cases when they can't afford it to fix it.

AND Patients shouldn't be left untreated

DO SOMETHING. THIS ISN'T NEW. IT IS JUST WORSE.

cc @sheologian @bellabee13 @TherapistTamara @BHuminskiSW @DrJessicaBStern @swearapist @gaysocialworker

Oh, ALSO...I would LOVE for this to be talked about on the news. PLEASE. NEWS PEOPLE. PLEASE COVER THIS. PLEASE interview us about our jobs and consider this an issue worth discussing.

@AnaCabrera @secupp @chanceseales @NicholeBerlie @BrookeBaldwin @katiecouric @IAmAmnaNawaz

@jaketapper @KateBolduan @ErinBurnett @JoyAnnReid @maddow @andersoncooper @donlemon @ChrisCuomo @craigmelvin @chrislhayes @RobinRoberts @SavannahGuthrie @JennaBushHager @hodakotb @GayleKing