We’ve Launched Talk Therapy on 7 Cups!

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

This is a great opportunity to add diverse ways to service our clients wherever they are in their mental health journey. I can't wait to see who will be helped by the new format. Congratulations 7Cups!

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS. Please enter me into the drawing. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

Hi Lisa! 😊  ❤️ Thank you for this forum post, for the announcement and might I say your timing is impeccable my friend! Wow! 😳 For me, it's truly the best time of the year to hear this great news as I am so very hopeful for 7 cups as well as for all of us here on the platform! 🎄🎅

This is brilliant! 💡 I see this as a true game changer to help "bridge the gap" for the "love deficit" in the world, to help more people and in a way that they may like to specifically receive that support and help (I have heard many request this option in the past, the want and need is there). Providing this option is amazing and I imagine it will increase our online presence, make us much more competitive in the online market place and increase our market share.  

I take a great deal of pride in being a part of 7 cups, as I should. There is so very much to be proud of around here. I also like to see challenges as opportunities and to *work through the path of the problem*. You have made yourself very apparent, front and center and I love your leadership style. You are highly approachable, highly invested in all of us as human beings as well as the platform. I love interacting with you!     

When a strong leader leaves the door open in this way, it makes it a safe place for sharing and for collaborative efforts, it can be quite amazing the ideas that come forth and potentially transformative. 

Having said that, I am no "nay sayer", I love what you and every one else have done to bring this to fruition. In an effort to help you get more "traction" and potentially see even better results I'm wondering if you might like to "reverse engineer" some of our brains around here, change our mindset, change part of the culture that exists as well as our verbiage whether the behavior is widely known or not. 

What is said in the LSR to fellow listeners requesting support with their member chats is "we never offer therapy around here as it's too expensive". One person learns from the others that come before them and so one becomes a duck in a row. It can be a bit frightening to say things in a different way if one is surrounded by highly dogmatic leaders that could be a bit punitive if one were to offer a different way of presenting it. 

Cost is highly subjective. I would have no idea of anothers budget, what they may be willing to spend less on for better mental health if needed to do so, how important their mental health is to them, what their annual income is, whether they have insurance, etc.

In addition, the information that isn't being presented is the ease of use, receiving therapy from the comfort of ones own home, less stress, privacy and anonymity, great for those that may live in a "time deprived household", have busy life styles, great for those that may be agoraphobic, get to stay in your pajamas, lol 😊 as well as what it would cost to get in your car and drive to a therapist locally.

While I am not in therapy here and I am not in therapy out in the real world and have never been, I am aware of the cost of goods and I feel that 7 cups prices are a gift and highly competitive. Per hour, my understanding is that it's around $125-$150 in the United States. Seems highly cost effective to me, comparatively speaking. 

Lisa, also, I love your forum post from years ago. We as listeners all fail to remember something very important that you said to us. I won't quote you, but I recall it was something along the lines of....if you have been working with a member for 2 weeks or more and you aren't seeing an improvement, it could be time to mention the option for therapy. 

I have to wonder if we as listeners are with holding the therapy option for others and in a variety of different ways. 

I remember Glen mentioning that he was waiting for 2 more "lightning in a bottle" moments as he feels that we have had three prior. I hope this was one of them! ⚡ 

I hope the information I provided from my perception was helpful for you to potentially think of ways to change our mindset and get on board with the new and past options for therapy if you feel that it's something needed. 

*high fives* 😊 and big *hugs* ❤️

I’ve wanted to know how to apply to become a therapist on 7 cups. I am a therapist of 4 years and spend a lot of time on 7 cups forums and think I’d have a lot to offer.

Hey!

I am excited for the draw.. I think I really need this.... idk maybe other person needs this more than me.....hope this gets to right person :)Btw telling you my story... like I am not quite happy from like 2 to 3 months... it feels like depression sometimes... I tired 7 cups free listener... but I need more than that... I went to cousellor in my institute.. but here the problem I was not able to convey everything.. cause I feared that they will tell to my parents...

Now 2 days before I found a podcast (idk if I can share this here)... his podcast are literally a free therapy... I am loving it... but still some problems are unsolved...

This therapy will be a boon for me if I get it.. it can change my perspective of looking towards different things...

But after reading this post.. I feel universe has my back!

<3

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

Sounds wonderful. It's good news that 7 cups now have video based therapy services as well. I'd like to enter the contest to win therapy. 

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

Thank you for the information. Several people asked for live video sessions so it's great to have that option now! 

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

I know you have all been working very intensively to create this opportunity. I think that it will bring even more possibilities of healing. 

thanks to you and thanks to all the people that trust and believe in the possibility of growth and change 

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS Can you clear up who is eligible for the draw? My guess is it's only for people posting from an adut member account, right? Or maybe you are allowing listeners as well.

@LisaMeighanMScGMBPsS

"Please add my name to the drawing" Thanks!