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Therapist Coaching Company Adapts Landmark Domestic-Violence Framework to Name a Coordinated Pattern in How Insurers and Venture-Backed Platforms Treat Therapists
Zynnyme, a coaching company for private practice therapists, adapted the Duluth Power and Control Wheel to illustrate how health insurers and therapy platforms collectively influence therapists' work and income.
The original Duluth Power and Control Wheel was developed in 1982 by Ellen Pence, Coral McDonnell, and Michael Paymar based on testimonies from battered women.
Zynnyme's adaptation is the first to apply this domestic-violence framework to the relationship between therapists and the insurers and platforms they depend on financially.
Zynnyme states that insurance companies are not abusive partners, but their restrictive practices contribute to a system that can harm therapists, as explained by co-founders Kelly Higdon and Miranda Palmer.