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Talk to a therapist ... in public and in the middle of Fifth Avenue

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At the busy Manhattan intersection of Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street are two transparent, inflatable domes shaped like igloos. Inside one, a young woman sits alone in a wooden armchair, with an ornate floor lamp, a box of tissues and a framed photo of a tropical sunset on the table beside her. As the city's iconic sirens, cabs and pigeons fly by, she remains focused, an iPad in her hands.


The people who stop to look at her, some taking out their smartphones to snap pictures, don't immediately realize that this woman is actually in the middle of a therapy session. She's texting with the Talkspace app, which offers digital, real-time mental health support from licensed therapists. Read more...


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