“Therapy should not be for a privileged few but something everyone has access to,” said singer Ariana Grande in a post on Tuesday, but while “acknowledging that this doesn’t fix that issue in the long run, i really wanted to do this anyway in hopes of inspiring you to dip a toe in, to feel okay asking for help, and to hopefully rid your minds of any sort of self judgement” in getting therapy for mental health.
To that end, she’s sponsoring up to $1 million in one free month of therapy for users who sign up for BetterHelp, an online counseling and therapy platform.
The artist has been open about her own struggles with mental health, including post-traumatic stress disorder after a bombing at her concert. In 2018, she shared that she was seeing a therapist for her anxiety ahead of the release of her album, “sweetener,” which included a song about dealing with anxiety, “breathin.”…
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