Online Therapy
Amanda Romero
BSHS/375
June 22, 2015
Ricky Delatte
Online Therapy
Little by little the internet and technology are expanding to incorporate more aspects of our daily lives. The expansion is so vast, one can now do just about anything online. On line advances has no doubt positively contributed to businesses, education communication, and quality of life in general, but when does one draw the line? Healthcare is a very serious subject because it deals with people’s lives and wellbeing. Potential problems that may arise from it are not monetary, like those involved with losing a job or failing a school course, but deal with lives and people’s weakest and perhaps most uncontrollable side of life.
Psychological disorders usually arise from events and sources not under the control of patients. Unlike purchasing the wrong stock at the wrong time or having an unsuccessful online business presentation, depression, addiction, phobias, and other psychological disorders are delicate matters that are not a result of bad decision making, however, much like every service the internet offers us, cyber psychology does have its advantages and disadvantages.
This paper is the summary of research that was conducted about three different online therapy websites. This summary will further explore each of the three different online therapy websites but also discuss the content on each website as well the professionals that are involved with the website. In additional this summary will discussion what and how the online interaction happens with online therapy. Some other topic that will be discussion and explore throughout this summary is security as well as ethical issues for online therapy.
Website # 1
The first website that was visited is called Online-Therpay.com at the first glance there is information everywhere about programs that are offered, how it works, as well as a complete listing of...