BENEFITS OF VIRTUAL WORK

BENEFITS OF TELETHERAPY:

It reaches people that brick and mortars can’t: Throughout my career I’ve found that one of the most frustrating things I have to deal with, as a provider, is lack of accessibility. On the client side of things, I’m sure the frustration is minimally double mine. Finding a therapist you connect with is a challenge all by itself, and then finding one that has fair prices, takes your insurance, has hours that work around your schedule, and is geographically close enough…

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Abigail Schippers
Drawbacks of Virtual Work

DRAWBACKS OF TELETHERAPY:

Teletherapy is not appropriate for all types of clients: Clients who are frequently in crisis or dangerous situations, have a high degree of suicidal thought, or have severe mental illness that require care coordination with a psychiatrist are likely not a good fit for teletherapy. While this seems to contest my comment earlier about accessibility to populations that generally wouldn’t seek traditional therapy, it is less of a black and white issue. Clients should be assessed for safety…

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Abigail Schippers