Well, in this post- pandemic era, with technological advancement taking over the world, we certainly rely on virtual world for smoother communications and interactions. Right from paying bills, to ordering food through apps! Everything has become so feasible with one click. Thanks to technology, we are connected to the whole world. Sitting in our bedrooms, we can enjoy the northern lights taking place in Alaska. We might be far away from our loved ones, we are still connected virtually.

The field of healthcare has also been evolving with the technological aid. Especially in the field of mental health there are emerging trends of tele-medicine. Access to in-person/face to face counseling with the psychologist-client meeting is challenging/difficult many a times, so the online mode of therapy is becoming popular, undeniably, for its client friendly benefits. You just need a strong internet connected to your computer or smartphone with good camera. With the flexibility of tele-psychiatry being launched by National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, there are provisions provided for audio-care as well (in case the client is not willing to come for a video consultation).

Various patterns of online psychotherapy involve using technology in the form of applications, e-mail, text messages, also live and real time interactions (video conference). Definitely, the counselling/online therapy are conducted from the qualified licensed mental health professionals with maintained confidentiality about details and sessions. The scheduled sessions happens with appointments and through proper channel meant verified documents of both, psychologist and client, informed consent, legally processed and overview about sessions.

Now, with the gained insight about online therapy, wouldn’t you want to know benefits of online psychotherapy? Here we go,

Accessibility: This is a boon factor, as counselling is scheduled over online which means no travel in busy traffic, no hassle in being late for session. Just schedule the best time for you and your online therapist, at the appointed both parties needs to connect to internet and get started with stipulated session.

Comfort: According to research, it is said that most clients do feel some psychological comfort and sense of freedom to express themselves in online session without embarrassment or hesitation, fear of judgment from therapists by cancelling video, having audio or text based sessions. Whereas in face to face, it is direct and being open and honest about one’s feelings is a comparatively difficult initially

Travel: people who live in isolated region, remote areas, also people with disability have online therapy as a best means to relieve their psychological distress.

Confidentiality/privacy: no need to worry about losing your data, conversations between you and your therapist because online therapy also follows set rules from higher authority so it will be safe and secure. Mainly nobody would know that you are taking online therapy, it is essentially private, anywhere from your chosen location.

Affordability: with the survey it is noted that online therapy has reduced cost than traditional face to face sessions. This also means there is no travel expenses to have the counseling session.

Even if you are working individually or any other age group, you have flexibility to fix sessions which is a greater benefit during this post-pandemic times.

Online psychotherapy: acts as a first- step for you to realize how self-help is important which also leads to take the benefit of all other online resources right from fitness, meditation, yoga, mental wellness books, inspiring and educative videos. Everything being at home to relieve all stress.

Hope you found the information in this blog, very helpful. Choose a therapist from our expert- panel and have a great online therapy session!