TeletherapyMakesSessionsMoreConvenientfor NYandNJClientsWhoSeekHelp
Teletherapyisanytypeofremotetherapythatusestechnology toaidcommunicationbetweenthetherapistandtheclient.
Psychologists,licensedclinicalsocialworkers,and professionalcounselorscanprovidetheirclientswith servicesviahigh-resolutionlivevideoconferencing. Teletherapyappearstobeasbeneficialasinpersontherapy,accordingtomoststudies.
Thefollowingaresomeofthe advantagesofpursuingresearchbackedteletherapywithaqualified therapist: Teletherapysessionsallowpatientsand therapiststocontinuetheirtreatment regardlessofphysicallimitations, geographicdistance,orscheduling conflicts.
Teletherapycansavepatientsbothtimeandmoneybyremovingthe needforcommutingandcoordinatingothernecessitiessuchas childcare.
Teletherapylessensprivacyconcernsfor some.Teletherapy'sinherentanonymity andprivacyareoneapproachto alleviatingpatients'fearandconcerns aroundprivacy. Teletherapymayalsobeusedtoengagethe digital-nativegenerationandpersonswith socialanxietywhoaremoreatease interactingontheinternet.
TeresaThompson,apsychotherapistandLCSWsituatedinBrooklyn, islicensedtopracticetherapyandnowoffersteletheraphyinthestates ofNewYorkandNewJersey.
Duringhersessionwithclients,sheassists themindevelopingthenecessarylevelsof sensitivityandself-introspection,sothey canexploretheirinnerhealingandgrowth capacities. AsaNewYorker,Teresahadworkedwitha diversegroupofclients,includingBIPOC, LGBTQmembers,peopleexploringreligion and/orspirituality,peoplelivingwithchronicpain orsickness,andpeopleexperiencingmania and/orpsychosis.
