THIS PSYCHOTHERAPIST GETS HER PATIENTS TO LACE UP – TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. BY JENNY MCCOY
NINE YEARS AGO, Sepideh Saremi barely recognised herself. As the primary caregiver for a family member battling cancer, she was dealing with depression and anxiety.
In search of healing, Saremi started therapy, and running. Session by session and kay by kay, she built herself back up.
Together, these were catalysts for a big change: Saremi gave up her content development job at a start-up to go back to school – to be a therapist.
At the University of California, Los Angeles, she studied links between exercise and mental health, and had an epiphany: why not combine therapy and running to amplify their benefits?
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