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Reporter’s Notebook: Reflections on Kaiser’s mental health therapy
A pre-school girl and her therapist. (Photo: ABO Photography, via Shutterstock)Mental health services are crucial to our well-being. I think that most people will agree with me. As I write, mental health clinicians employed at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California are beginning week three of a strike over work conditions. As these essential workers see it, their employer’s rules are harmful to them and their patients. Count a young family member of mine among the latter. What follows are my reflections on his experience with Kaiser clinicians.
