[erinfrey]

This is a really thoughtful response and I'm really glad you brought up this point.

At Kip, we truly believe that therapy is for everyone. Therapy is a scientifically proven process that improves how your mind works. There are many ways to change how you think, feel, and act but therapy is usually the quickest, most effective, safest route to do it. It's really helpful for people who are dealing with moderate or episodic anxiety or depression. But it’s also a critical tool for someone who is dealing with a severe or chronic conditions like treatment resistant depression. We see both kinds of clients at Kip.

One of our goals at Kip is to erode stigma around mental health issues big and small. According to the NIMH, it takes the average person suffering a mental illness over 10 years to seek help. Our hope is that by making therapy more approachable, more people will seek treatment sooner. And more people getting treatment and more awareness means we can develop better treatments in the future.