I’m not sure if anyone else has seen this article published back in September by the New York Times, called “Psychotherapy’s Image Problem.” I thought it was a really interesting, worthwhile piece because it highlighted how people nowadays (especially insurance companies) are so eager to dismiss “the talking cure,” and label it as something that is unhelpful and unimportant. However, research has shown that psychotherapy, also undertaken in conjunction with medication depending on what’s being treated, has provided patients with huge benefits and long-term effects.

Here is the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/opinion/psychotherapys-image-problem.html?_r=0