Learn 6 key benefits of online therapy.
How are you doing? How are things at home?
Are you feeling safe and settled? Or could you use some support there?
Are your relationships solid and weathering life's storm? Or could you benefit from a few more communication tools?
Is your diagnosed condition and recovery moving along nicely? Or might you need some reliable guidance?
We live in times of upheaval and uncertainty. So much of what we take for granted seems vulnerable and perhaps even fleeting. This reality helps create two parallel issues:
A more urgent and intense need for mental health support
Difficulty committing to or practically obtaining traditional, in-person therapy
Fortunately, solutions exist that are just a click or phone call away. Thanks to our omnipresent devices, we have access to support and guidance that extends far beyond our routine limitations. Online therapy (also known as teletherapy) is performed via video chat or phone call and has proven to be as effective as traditional in-person sessions. It was already a rapidly growing and productive trend.
6 Key Online Therapy Benefits
1. Mind-Body Connection
For certain, there is something lost when you are not face-to-face with your therapist. However, video chat sessions offer some incredible advantages. Both client and counselor become more in tune with what are known as somatic (or bodily) cues, e.g.
Body language
Facial gestures
Tone of voice
Vocal inflections
Also, your therapist gets a regular glimpse of you in your natural environment. In body and mind, you’re in a more comfortable setting. The therapeutic benefits of this are vast. Moreover, you can still practice mindfulness.
2. Flexible Scheduling
You might be juggling your career, family, and other compelling obligations now. Fitting in a weekly counseling session — within normal office hours — is often a fantasy. Online therapy broadens the concept of “office hours” in a variety of ways.
3. No Commute (and all that comes with it)
There is an awful lot of time, money, and effort saved when you do not have to travel back and forth to an old school office session. This puts you in a better place — emotionally and financially — to focus on the issues at hand.
4. It Can be Adapted to Your Particular Needs
Online therapy is far, far more accessible. This is crucial for those struggling with illness, injury, or disability. It’s also pretty helpful when unforeseen circumstances — like a quarantine — arise.
5. Confidentiality
Mental health care has come a long way. Even so, for some, there remains a stigma. For your privacy and peace of mind, online therapy eliminates the fear of being seen. You can do the important work you need to do from home — in a more relaxed state of mind.
6. Cost
Generally speaking, a few of the above benefits contribute to online therapy being priced lower than office sessions. Of course, you’ll have to talk with your counselor about the specifics. No matter what, as touched on in #3, there is an automatic saving when you don’t have to commute.
How to Experience Online Therapy Benefits
If recent developments have taught us anything, it is all about the need to remain open and flexible. You may have never once imagined undergoing a therapy session while seated on your own couch, but that world has opened up to you. Try to embrace the idea. Give yourself the option of feeling better, stronger, and more prepared for the road ahead without leaving your own home. Online therapy is a powerful, proven choice and it all starts with a free consultation.
If you are looking for a therapist and think we might be a good fit, please contact me for a free online consultation. I am here to help and am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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