The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded mental health needs, putting even more burden on already overstretched healthcare systems and exposing their systematic flaws. Anxiety and depression rates are still more than triple what they were before the pandemic, and studies indicate that these issues will only intensify as more people feel the consequences of prolonged isolation and the breakdown of social support. Texas is suffering from a major mental health workforce shortage. In fact, last year’s Access to Care Data report from Mental Health America listed Texas as the worst-ranked state for mental health. According to the report, The Lone Star…