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Online Counseling
Counseling Catholics.com is a new way to consult a therapist. For a
variety of reasons, many people prefer to work with a therapist who
can provide them a faith-based psychological approach. Today you
can do this by email, private instant message, video-conferencing or
by telephone. Distance, busy schedules, difficulty with traveling
to the therapist's office, are only a few of the reasons given for
using online counseling.
It is simple. Catholic online counseling allows you the opportunity
to consult with a counselor from the privacy of your own home.
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Decide if you want to work with me.
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Review the client agreement, fill out and click submit.
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I will review and reply back to you within 24 hours, letting you know whether online counseling would be helpful.
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Pay Fee
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Choose appointment and therapy mode (video-confereincing, email, instant-message, telephone)
Respond time for emails is 48 hours.
There are PROS and CONS to online counseling the following are some of them:
PROS
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Faith-based (Specialist)
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Convenience (Time)
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Remote (Location)
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Privacy (Disclosing/using your time to reread material and prepare)
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Cost (You may pay less for the service)
CONS
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Confidentiality could be breached
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Emails could fail to be received (wrong address)
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There are some issues which are clearly inappropriate for online work at this time:
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If you are SUICIDAL, YOU MUST SEEK HELP IMMEDIATELY! YOU SHOULD CALL 911 You can also call 1-800-SUICIDE.
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