Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

No.1 and 2, Do you agree ? Or have a different opinion? #mentalhealth #mentalhealthsupport #therapy

21 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of her YouTube video, Dr. Jameca Cooper presents the first two items of a five‑point plan to repair the broken mental‑health system. She argues that the core issue is access: insurance companies must broaden coverage and eliminate the arbitrary caps of 5, 8, or 10 therapy sessions. Dr. Cooper calls for unlimited coverage for all forms of mental‑health care—including individual counseling, therapy, family counseling, and couples therapy—so that individuals can receive the treatment they need without financial or bureaucratic barriers.

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These are the 5 things that I feel like can help to fix this broken mental health system that we have. Number 1 and number 2, it's all about access. We need to make it easier for individuals to receive treatment for mental health. That means insurance companies expanding coverage. What's with this limit of 5, 8, or 10 sessions when we all know that mental health is a huge issue? There should be unlimited coverage of sessions for counseling, for therapy, for family counseling, for couples therapy.