digital Mental Health options to consider for quick access to care
Healthcare is moving digital in many ways. For moms who have limited time in their days, or the stress of getting out is too heavy, we feel digital mental health options are wonderful resources to help you get connected to care in the least restrictive ways.
What is digital health?
The facilitation of health knowledge or medical treatment through electronic means. In less fANCY terms, using A phone, computer, video calls ETC to meet with medical professionals and gain support from home.
What to expect from digital mental health?
There are a lot of consistencies with digital health and in person providers. Most have an online registration system or form to collect your information and assess your concerns. You are then routed to view available providers and appointment times for your first meeting. You can select when is best for your schedule. A meeting link is often sent to your email. at your appointment time, click the link or Call the number to meet with your licenced provider. Providers available can range from therapists, nurse practioners, Psychiatrists and more.
Here are our top digital health options (in no specific order) to consider.
Rula: Focuses on helping you connect with mental health experts who specialize in you. A brief questionnaire helps create this match within their provider network. They are available for virtual therapy and medication management to provide support you need. They take most major insurances and pride themselves on same week appointments to help you be seen quickly when you need to.
Betterhelp: has the mission to make professional therapy accessible, affordable and convenient so you can gain help anytime, from anywhere.
Grow Therapy: provides low cost option for talk therapy and medication management to aid in your mental health goals. Covered by most major insurances with average $21 sessions with insurance (per their website) Grow also offers ability to find in person or virtual providers with weekend and evening availability to meet your preferences.
get started with grow therapy here
Alma: Connects you with virtual therapists. We love their focus on inclusivity and diversity offering clinicians who are multilingual, LGBTQIA and race diverse so you can find the right fit for yoU and gain high quality care.
Headway: Connects you with virtual therapist or psychiatrist at low cost options reporting average patient saves 75% on sessions through headway. complete their intake form and identify providers and cost before booking your session.
Cerebral: Provides psychiatrists for medication and therapists for treatment support. Cerebral focuses on building long term plan and helping you with tools to make meaningful progress to better mental health.
Get started with Cerebral HERE
Brightside: Focuses on clear path to feeling better and staying better using data driven approach to identify harmful patterns and build new habits with help of 1:1 therapits and self guided video lessons. Their platform offers video sessions and anytime messaging through online or phone app.
Get started with brightside here
PostPartum International: Non profit providing online support for moms and dads experiencing postpartum depression, anxiety and distress. Access their maternal mental health hotline available in english and spanish by calling 800-944-4773. They also offer a variety of support groups and peer mentors for guidance specific to your situation or conerns.
connect with postpartum international here
When it comes to making your selection, choose what resonates with you best. If you make a choice and don’t like it after your initial consultation, you can always change to another provider or option until you find the right fit.
If in person support suits you better, your primary care physician should have information on local physicians and therapists. Call your primary care to get a referral.