The Benefits of Online Counselling
Convenience of Location
- The comfort of your own home.
- No need to travel (and possibly pay for parking somewhere).
- Easily accessible if you live in an area with limited services.
- No need to travel (and possibly pay for parking somewhere).
- Easily accessible if you live in an area with limited services.
Security and Safety
- Ease of anonymity; sometimes it can be difficult to talk about tough issues face to face.
- Decreased stigma; you only need to tell others about being in counselling if you're comfortable doing so.
- Decreased stigma; you only need to tell others about being in counselling if you're comfortable doing so.
Time is of the Essence
- Asynchronous; you can start another session when it is convenient for you.
- You will receive a response addressing your session within 72 hours.
- Intake only takes 24 hours.
- You will receive a response addressing your session within 72 hours.
- Intake only takes 24 hours.
The Written Word
- Many individuals find that the act of writing out their thoughts to be helpful and therapeutic.
- Having the option to read and review a session topic before submission allows for reflection and organization of thoughts, and allows an opportunity to ensure that nothing is forgotten.
- The therapeutic response is something that can also be read more than once, and it can be helpful to revisit later.
- Having the option to read and review a session topic before submission allows for reflection and organization of thoughts, and allows an opportunity to ensure that nothing is forgotten.
- The therapeutic response is something that can also be read more than once, and it can be helpful to revisit later.
The Benefits of Counselling
- Face to face counselling has the potential to be very helpful, and the same is true for ecounselling.
- Sometimes having an opportunity to share what is going on in your life, and share the things that have been on your mind, can have a very positive impact.
- If you are having thoughts that are possibly holding you back, counselling can help make sense of these things and add some fresh perspective.
- Sometimes having an opportunity to share what is going on in your life, and share the things that have been on your mind, can have a very positive impact.
- If you are having thoughts that are possibly holding you back, counselling can help make sense of these things and add some fresh perspective.