Submissions Due: April 05, 2023 – Media Opportunities For Mental Health Professionals [ 4 Opportunities – Click Here To See Them All ]

Summary: Seeking therapists to share red flags about your partner’s cell phone use

• Name: Rebecca Strong Best Life Online
• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Best Life Online
• Deadline: 10:00 AM EST – 5 April

Query: Looking for licensed therapists only to answer the following:

1. Why might it be important to pay attention to your partner’s cell phone use? What can it tell you?
2. Please list at least 2-3 red flags about your partner’s cell phone habits. For each, explain why it’s a red flag.
3. If you notice these red flags about your partner’s cell phone use, what should you do?

Requirements: Source must be a licensed therapist

Summary: Travel Anxiety tips

• Name: Adam Bulger Fatherly
• Category: Lifestyle and Fitness
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Fatherly
• Deadline: 10:00 AM EST – 5 April

Query: I’m writing a guide for an article called “Help a partner with travel anxiety”. I’m hoping to get some answers to;

1. Why travel can cause anxiety in certain people.
2. How preparing for the trip can help ease anxiety
3. Why too much preparation might increase stress and what alternative approaches can be
4. Mindfulness practices to use while traveling
5. And any other advice or tips you may have.

Requirements: I want to hear from psychologists, therapists and other mental health professionals.

Summary: Trauma therapist, expert in school shootings

• Name: Amelia Harnish Women’s Health
• Category: Biotech and Healthcare
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: Women’s Health
• Deadline: 7:00 PM EST – 5 April

Query: I’m working on a piece about a rise in school shooting hoaxes. Obviously, actual shootings are unfathomably tragic and traumatic for communities. Now a rise in hoaxes is contributing to the culture of fear. I want to talk to a therapist about how this is affecting parents and children and communities.

Requirements: LCSW or clinical psychologist, currently counseling families, experience counseling children and people who’ve experienced violence and PTSD.

Summary: Looking for psychologists to talk about the social media beauty trend “Get ready with me” videos

• Name: Taylor Herzlich NBC News Online – New York Office
• Category: General
• Email: [email protected]
• Media Outlet: NBC News Online – New York Office
• Deadline: 9:00 PM EST – 5 April

Query: I am looking for a psychologist or someone with psychology research experience to speak about the trend of “get ready with me” videos on social media apps like TikTok and why these videos are so popular. These videos usually show creators doing their makeup/hair/picking out an outfit while talking to the camera, sometimes about an unrelated topic. I would like to speak to someone who can talk about the addictive nature of watching these videos.

Requirements: Psychologist with relevant research focus OR professor in psychology with relevant research focus OR someone with relevant psychology research experience