Hannah Owens

Hannah Owens is a licensed social worker with a clinical background in community mental health. She most recently worked as the Mental Health Editor for People Inc., the country's largest producer of online health and lifestyle content. For the People Inc. brand Verywell Mind, Hannah designed and ran the entire online therapy library, having edited more than 150 reviews of 80 different online therapy companies and directories. She also wrote and edited online therapy roundups, acting as a subject matter expert in recommending the best online therapy services out there for a wide variety of conditions and needs.

Hannah also has written 40 articles for the Verywell Mind editorial library, ranging from approachable and informative explanations of clinical conditions such as depression, to advice on how to get the most from your therapy sessions, to experiential pieces about her own lived experience. Hannah excels at expressing and explaining difficult and emotional concepts and experiences in a way that both interests and informs the reader, with the goal of destigmatizing mental health conditions and treatments and making it easier for anyone to find the help they need.

In addition, Hannah also works as a subject matter expert and sensitivity reader for publishers regarding mental health. She identifies factual mistakes as well as improves tone and fights stigma surrounding plot lines featuring mental illness. In the past, she has read for Lee & Low Books, a publisher focused on diversity.