"It's a perfect storm for New York therapists," said Manhattan psychologist Chloe Carmichael, who estimated she's received a 15% spike in inquiries from patients. "It's a repeat of 2016, where a lot of people feel really scared and traumatized and angry."
On Wednesday morning, New York City-based psychotherapist Alyson Cohen woke up to a deluge of paranoid texts from clients begging for extra appointments this week, many of whom claimed to be "afraid for their futures and that of their children."
"If a woman was saying 'What about my rights as a woman?' and her boyfriend or husband voted for Trump, it felt like a personal unwillingness to understand them," she said.
"She's in shock, she's trying to navigate her emotions . . . and needing to process with somebody who really understands the pain she's feeling," she said. "When the other person voted for someone else, they're not feeling that pain - they're jubilant."
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