Counseling Process

On the following pages, we clearly describe what online counseling is, how it works, the costs and the benefits you may experience in this new environment.

Select from the list below:

How it works!

Benefits

Advantages

Disadvantages

Back to Beginning

 

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out...

Robert J. Collier

Many people feel a major advantage of online counseling is that they can take as much time as they need to think through a situation and respond with an honest answer. You'll find that writing about your concerns and then reading the responses from a licensed or certified professional is an incredibly fast, productive, and enlightening process.

* NO PRESSURE
You can take your time when it comes to thinking and writing what you want to say - you don't need to feel like you have a certain amount of time to get your message across

* SCHEDULE
You do not have to schedule an appointment. You can use our service when it is convenient for you (24 hours a day, seven days a week).

* MORE TIME TO THINK
You do not have to write everything at one sitting. You can leave your writing session and return to it as more thoughts come to mind.

* PRIVACY
Some people are very sensitive and struggle to trust face-to-face encounters with others for a myriad of reasons. Other have social handicaps or various phobias that prevent them from seeking help in a face-to-face environment.

* COMFORTABLE
You are usually more comfortable knowing that you can "say what you want to say" when you are not "face-to-face" with someone. The Internet makes it much easier to not "hold back" from presenting exactly what is on your mind.