Community Counselling Services Launches On Line e-Therapy

By inkblot
January 25, 2005

Online e-Therapy is now becoming a popular form for dealing with stress, divorce, depression and other emotional issues.

While E-therapy is a relatively new medium of helping people resolve life and relationship issues, it has become a popular way of seeking help. Utilizing the power and convenience of the Internet to allow simultaneous or time-delayed (email) communication between an individual and a professional therapist. Now people that have little time, are too far away from a therapist or just wish to use the privacy of their home PC, can access therapists on line and to deal with their issues.

The focus of e-therapy varies from person to person and problem to problem. Some people will want to discuss interpersonal relationships, handling situations or learn new ways of dealing with different life stresses. Other people may use e-therapy as an adjunct to other types of services, or to help clarify issues they are currently working through. Still others will use e-therapy to check-in with an objective third-party professional for their life and work on life issues.

In keeping with this new way of delivering a psycho-social service several not-for-profit services have taken to providing therapy via the Internet. While certain types of mental health issues cannot be handled via the e-Therapy medium, issues such as stress and anxiety that is related to work or relationship issues are handled in a solution focused manner. People using the service have found that in using the secure email based therapy allowed both themselves and their counselor’s time to reflect and think through the issues and items.

Continue reading the article for Dr. Grohol’s excellent perspective.