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The story of psychotherapy is a work-in-progress, interwoven with stories from all corners of human life. Discover some of these stories, here.

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A few months ago, I emailed a therapist in the city where I lived. Dear Therapist, I’m not sure if you’re accepting new clients, but I’ve…
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What Is Your Therapist Reading?
  One of our favorite questions for therapists is what are you reading, right now? We asked a few therapists and mental health trailblazers about a…
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The Lost Boy of Wallowa
“Resilience” is a word we try to use sparingly at Open Path: it pops up everywhere in the world of mental health. Often, we have to…
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Starlings
Two days ago, a man in Raisbeck, a small village in Cumbria, England, posted a video of starlings flying together in a murmuration:   Now is the…
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The Headclutcher
We have a bone to pick with the people in control of the images. Specifically, the people in control of images depicting “mental health issues.” As…
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Emir's Story
We’ve been thinking about a story we heard on a recently rebroadcast episode of This American Life. The story belongs to Emir Kamenica, a professor of economics and…
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Let's Just Play Baseball, Not Fight
Last week, Andrew McCutchen, star outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, made a video in response to a bench-clearing brawl between his team and the Los…
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Riders
Who are these beautiful exhausted riders of the New York City subway? Why does the girl seem to keep watch for her mother; why does the…
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