Telehealth eliminates barriers to mental health care

Therapists and clients have adopted telehealth delivery quickly during the pandemic. Despite its drawbacks, it has eliminated barriers to continuing or initiating therapy, a panelist at the virtual Octane MedTech Innovation Forum said.
“Starting in March, we saw almost exclusively our therapists started having their sessions all online,” Arielle Garellek, co-founder and chief operating officer of Advekit, said.
Advekit is a marketplace that connects people to therapists. At the time of the panel discussion, Advekit had matched more than 50,000 people with a therapist, Garellek said.

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