Opinions
Gratitude for Heightened Awareness about Mental Health and Decreased Stigma
“Can I come in through the back door?” or “Please schedule my appointments so I don’t run into anyone I know.” These requests were routine in the early part of my forty-year private practice as a clinical psychologist. Teachers didn’t want to encounter their students or students’ parents. Doctors wanted to avoid their patients. Students were terribly uneasy about seeing classmates in the parking lot or on the stairwell even though those classmates had just completed a psychotherapy session with my officemates or me.