There is a discrepancy between what most people embarking on psychotherapy seek and what practitioners are trained to provide.

No one told me that anemia could be contributing to the mental health issues that would not resolve. The providers put me on antipsychotics; meanwhile, my underlying iron stores remained depleted.

The conventional Western classification systems of health conditions are based on flawed science shaped by reductionist, hierarchical, and profit-driven ideologies. THEN wants to create a new paradigm built upon principles drawn from systems science, the life course perspective, developmental neurobiology, and other evidence-informed studies.