ONLINE THERAPY PAPER
BSHS/375
JANUARY 18, 2016
STEPHANIE RANDLEMAN
TRINA GLOVER
ONLINE THERAPY PAPER
Professionals on such sites inquire about clients’ information for accessing their mental/emotional issues. Afterward, experts offer plans, strategies as well as exercises for working through such issues. Online therapists will carry out regular sessions while keeping track of patients' progress like any regular therapist will. The method of the discussion, though, is where online therapists differ from the traditional ones. Since treatments are not of face-to-face nature, online therapists use newer methods for exploring patients’ problems. Online therapists might consult patients through emails, live chat as well as video conferences. While a few speech nuances a well as discussion might be lost throughout transmission while utilizing these methods, real online therapists would know proper questions for getting the problems’ exact nature. Online therapists need to possess equal qualifications like regular therapists. Credentials, as well as qualifications, stay the same. Differences will be a comfort of holding sessions from home as well as in pricing. It’s particularly useful for the ones who might have disabilities of some sort or anxieties regarding leaving their homes. Online therapists might offer only treatment for patients over few weeks or months, instead of years, after which they might refer the patients to traditional therapists for more treatment. It would also reduce costs for online therapies.
Online therapy (the Mytherapycouch) pairs clients with therapists as well as support groups by specific needs and issues. There are further free discussion forums that can be utilized at any given time. Private groups for support, as well as direct counseling ones, also exist. Direct advice can be charged at $29.92 for every 500-word message intended...