{"id":1,"date":"2020-05-20T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/?p=1"},"modified":"2023-07-25T15:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:25:19","slug":"covid-19-remote-therapy-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/covid-19-remote-therapy-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 update &#038; booking remote therapy sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The advice to stay at home during the Coronavirius pandemic presents an obvious challenge to those in need of therapy. However in common with many other therapists I offer online sessions for all the issues I treat via skype.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I can understand that some people may have reservations about participating in online therapy but there is strong scientific evidence confirming the effectiveness of online therapy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jmir.org\/2020\/2\/e16407\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review of the research studies investigating online health consultations<\/a>\u00a0published this year points to the efficacy of online consultations and the effective delivery of therapy for a wide range of conditions. The review notes that online treatment was well-accepted by patients, as it simulated in-person, face-to-face consultation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pdfs.semanticscholar.org\/d7da\/2ace2802e27df43ecb3aa0caa3a73c7d947c.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 review of 53 research studies<\/a>\u00a0investigating online psychotherapy for a wide range of psychological issues including anxiety and depression disorders concluded online delivery of therapy is effective, acceptable and practical health care. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Odd_Havik\/publication\/284728466_Internet-supported_versus_face-to-face_cognitive_behavior_therapy_for_depression\/links\/566590a808ae15e746349d8b\/Internet-supported-versus-face-to-face-cognitive-behavior-therapy-for-depression.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review of online therapy for depression<\/a>\u00a0that evaluated studies involving a total of 429 individuals concluded that it is just as effective as face to face therapy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Psychotherapists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/3273949E48D0B713F4468A8F7D94E465\/S1758320900003127a.pdf\/div-class-title-psychotherapy-via-skype-a-therapist-s-experience-div.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also report that sessions using skype are effective and that clients are sometimes more relaxed\u00a0<\/a>and appear to speak more openly via skype than in face to face sessions \u2013 perhaps as a consequence of being in the comfort of their own home rather than in a consulting room.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>My own experience with using skype for treating people for a whole range of conditions (including ARFID) has been very positive \u2013 both for me and my clients. I have successfully treated many clients \u2013 both adults and children \u2013 using skype and would encourage those seeking<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/\">\u00a0treatment<\/a>\u00a0to consider online sessions as a perfect substitute for face to face sessions.<a>Book an appointment today<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span> The advice to stay at home during the Coronavirius pandemic presents an obvious challenge to those in need of therapy. However in common with many other therapists I offer online sessions for all the issues I treat via skype. I can understand that some people may have reservations about participating in online therapy but there&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/covid-19-remote-therapy-sessions\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5999,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/5999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monahansen.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}