What The Future of Mental Health Care Looks Like

Steven C. Hayes
5 min readAug 28, 2023
Credit: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Suppose you feel depressed after a series of misfortunes, and you seek therapeutic help. After an initial assessment, the therapist provides you with a diagnosis, and then starts treatment by following a structured protocol; teaching you how to deal with self-critical thoughts and difficult feelings in a step-by-step manner. At the end of your twelfth session, your depression appears to be in noticeable…

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Steven C. Hayes

Steve is a Psychology Prof Emeritus at the Univ of NV Reno and the 30th most cited psychologist worldwide (adscientificindex.com)