Some specific skills therapy can provide are:
Emotional management, including, but not limited to anger, jealousy, grief, and depression.
Coping mechanisms to allow you to work through situations that typically cause you anxiety, fear, or avoidance.
Stress-management techniques to apply to deal with stress within your everyday life, such as with your job and family.
Skills and techniques to help you better navigate relationships, or to work through relationship troubles.
Problem-solving skills for you to enact when you encounter issues which may typically have caused you to shy away or back down, such as social situations or public speaking.
Improving self-love, self-confidence, and body image.
Improving communication, listening, and the ability to speak up for yourself.
Understanding your own skills, strengths, and positive attributes and learning to quiet your inner negative critique.
Finding a resolution to the issues that originally led you to therapy, such as having panic attacks, or being unable to sleep.
While the decision to begin therapy is an individual choice, in many regards it may be helpful for everyone. There are a wide variety of reasons to begin therapy ranging from a diagnosed mental illnesses to help to manage daily stress or a transitional period of your life. It is your treatment plan that will vary based on your individual circumstances.
Benefits to Online Counseling
Online counseling offers access to counseling services and treatment to people in rural or remote areas.
Online counseling provides accessibility to individuals who are disabled or housebound.
Online counseling minimizes the inconvenience of travel time and associated costs. I wanted to ease the stress that clients often experience just traveling to my office for treatment. Things like snow, rain, traffic, getting childcare, finding parking, etc. make traveling even short distances annoying. Telehealth appointments minimize the inconvenience of travel time and associated costs.
You’re a busy person, and using Online counseling allows you to be able to get on the phone or video chat with a counselor at a time that works for your schedule.
Online Counseling provides a higher level of safety and comfort. Staying at home in a safe, familiar environment is certainly a way to keep your comfort level stable.
Online therapy allows access to counseling without the risk of exposure to Covid-19.
The benefits of Telehealth are supported by research. Research has found that video therapy is as effective as in-person therapy. And thanks to a highly secure connection, our sessions will remain private.
Telehealth requires no special software or technical skills. All you need is a computer (with an integrated camera). It’s as simple as that.
The Effectiveness of online therapy
Over the last decade, there have been numerous research studies that have shown the effectiveness of online therapy.
Research suggests that there is little to no difference between teletherapy and in-person therapy in terms of effectiveness. Teletherapy has multiple benefits including but not limited to: convenience, reduction of travel costs, and increased accessibility of care . However, teletherapy may not be an appropriate type of service for every individual. It is important that you review the risks of participating in teletherapy before you begin and discuss this with your prospective psychotherapist.