Online Counseling - A Good Idea by David Snape

the stress that might lead you to seek

counseling in the first place!

Then there are some problems that you

might not want to talk to someone face-

to-face with, especially someone who

lives in your home town. Wouldn't it be

much easier to sign up for email

counselling sessions with someone in a

far away city? You could even open an

anonymous email account with yahoo or

some other email provider that doesn't

necessarily need your real name, and use

that to offer near total anonymity.

This seems like a good idea, it can

provide you the kind of nurturing

environment needed to really pour your

heart out to the therapist and get a

professional response via email. The

therapist doesn't have to know anything

about your identity and can still treat

you professionally. And this could mean

no embarrassing record that could be

subpoenaed in a court of law.

A good online counseling plan might

include unlimited emails for a certain

amount of time. Giving you the kind of

access to a therapist that you might not

get in a once-a-week appointment. Not

without paying extra, that is.

Yes, there are a number of benefits to

seeking online therapy. Anonymity,

access, time and money savings. No one

needs to know you are in therapy and

they won't ever see you "go" to an

appointment. Yet, while you are sitting

at your computer, an email may pop up

with just the timely advice or

encouragement you were looking for, the

kind of support that can be hard to come

by in today's crazy, mixed up world.

This article is for information purposes

only, it is not meant to diagnose, treat or prevent any illness. If you have or think you have a health issue, please contact your primary care physician for proper treatment and diagnoses.

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BIO:

Dave Snape is a health, fitness and
wellness enthusiast. He maintains a website on that theme: http://tobeinformed.com Dave
also practices Falun Dafa: Falundafa.org

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