Posted by Nibor on October 5, 2000, at 14:40:38
In reply to on-line therapy, posted by mist on October 4, 2000, at 19:47:56
Hi, mist
If there's no way to see a therapist you like, on-line is one of the alternatives. But the whole list of reasons to do so are, according to my in-house expert, more rationalization than anything else. We get requests every day (ever since Undoing Depression was published, and also through the website) for doing therapy on-line and he has NEVER done it. Sure he may answer a question or two (without charge) and even talk to someone on the phone...but he encourages the person to find a therapist to go to.
Very occasionally, someone he is already seeing needs to have a session by phone...like when something comes up during traveling, or when the client is too ill to get in for an appointment. But this is talking to someone you already know, so you can more easily interpret what's being said.
And he also uses email for between-session check-ins with some patients who want him to think about some issues for the next appointment.
So that's one therapist's oppinion. I do hope you find what you need.
Nibor> Hi. I'm new to posting on this board.
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> Has anyone tried on-line therapy? What do you think of it?
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> I wonder if it's a good idea or not.
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