As a founder she is building a sustainable platform for proactive mental health care

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This week Darrell and Jordan talk to Real CEO and founder Ariela Safira. Real is a therapy platform that aims to make mental health care more accessible by offering group sessions and resumes with which a user can participate at any time. While in college, Ariela had her first encounter with the mental health system and realized that people only sought help for their mental health when they were in crisis. He then spent years studying ways in which people seek care and how therapy could be more accessible and effective. In this conversation they delve into everything from the research that led her to found Real to religion to the merits of Goop. CW: Suicide and attempted suicide.

Ariela Safira mental health

Maryanne Burgess

Reporter Maryanne Burgess covers health issues in New Hampshire and across the country. For regional and national papers, magazines, and blogs, she has written about health, politics, and the environment. Her last job was as news editor and editor- in-chief of the student newspaper at Florida Atlantic University.