More than a billion people are living with mental-health disorders, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported this year.

“For every single therapist that we have in the United States, there are 350 people looking for that type of support,” said Trina Clayeux, founder of Stand Together, in a provocative article titled More Therapists Won’t Fix The Mental-Health-Care Crisis. While professional one-on-one counseling is a solution, clinical care is not enough, she argues, even if a person sees a counselor regularly. It’s critical to identify, learn, and utilize other ways to cope with, process, and release one’s emotions.

Clayeux argues for community being an additional component to a mentally healthy life. Music is one of the main ways people are finding community in the Hudson Valley. L

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