Therapy app takes aim at cultural gap in mental-health treatment

One barrier faced by people of colour seeking mental-health support is a lack of therapists who share the same cultural background.

A new app called Althea Therapy, created by Hamilton-raised mental-health advocate Micheline Khan, seeks to close that gap by connecting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of colour) clients with therapists from their communities.

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