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On Line Counseling
\r\n...in the News
\r\nTelephone Counseling for Weight Loss?
\r\nScienceDaly November 24, 2008.
\r\nApparently counseling via the telephone appears to be just as effective for weight loss maintenance than regular face-to-face.
\r\nPhone Therapy Outlasts Regular Face to Face Therapy
\r\nMedia News Wire - September 24, 2008.
\r\nResearch suggests that clients who use phone therapy stay with it longer than regular face to face therapy.
\r\nE-Therapy...move the couch aside
\r\nBy Nancy J. White, Dec. 4, 2007.
\r\nThe Toronto Star one of Canada\'s national newspapers on email therapy. Apparently while the ratio for women to men in face-to-face is four to one, in e-therapy it\'s two to one.
\r\nOnline Therapy: The faceless cure?
\r\nBy Sharon Crawford, April 22, 2006.
\r\nThe Globe and Mail, the other major national newspaper in Canada wrote an equally positive article about online counseling. Unfortunately, this article is now archived and you must pay a fee to read it. The author, Sharon Crawford, outlined some ideas to consider when you embark on this new form of therapy:
\r\nList of things to consider when looking for e-help.
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- Research different therapists on-line. Make sure they have specific training doing on-line therapy. \r\n
- Send an e-mail message to see if they are experienced with your problem or similar problems. \r\n
- Make sure therapists belong to a professional organization requiring them to adhere to ethical guidelines. \r\n
- Find out the cost. (Usually an hourly rate similar to conventional therapy.) \r\n
- Make sure that the service (chat or e-mail) has a secure encrypted system. \r\n
- Don\'t use public computers. Use your own computer, which other family members cannot access. \r\n
- Try out the chat or e-mail to see if you and the therapist get along. \r\n
- If the connection between you and the therapist doesn\'t feel right, switch therapy or therapist. \r\n
- On e-mail, make sure the therapist will respond fairly quickly. \r\n
- With e-mail, read over your message a couple of times before pressing \"send.\" \r\n
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