Cutting (down): The Play Between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Disordered Eating
Let’s define non-suicidal self-injury and disordered eating Non-suicidal self-injury [or NSSI for short]: When talking about NSSI I refer to all those direct and deliberate behaviors aimed at damaging one’s own skin, and that do not have suicidal intents1, like for example, scratching until bleeding, cutting, hitting the head against the wall, etc… More detailed […]
The best alternatives to BetterHelp in 2024
When the industry of online therapy was scaled up to provide superfast matching, we lost a bit of humanity in the process. The key component of what drives successful therapy was also lost in the rise of BetterHelp and its alternatives: the therapeutic alliance. So what does it take to find the therapist with whom […]