Individual teletherapy sessions are appropriate for almost any topic, including depression, anxiety, stress management, relationship problems, grief, and trauma, just to name a few.
But you don’t have to be experiencing anything specific to seek out telephone counseling. It is common for people to begin online counseling when the simply feel unsettled or confused. This helps them prevent more serious distress in the future.
Couples counseling over the phone or through video-chat is as effective as face-to-face therapy. Many people prefer video-based couples work so I can see the body language and facial expressions. While this is certainly helpful, it is not a requirement. Many people report that being at home helps them relax and remember things they have wanted to talk about in their couple’s counseling sessions.
I have completed Level-2 of the Gottman Method of Couples Counseling. The Gottman Method involves a thorough online assessment (free) that will highlight the strengths and needs of your relationship.
With Trauma & Crisis Counseling, it is important to stress three things:
- The sooner you get support after a trauma, the quicker you will get back to normal
- You will NOT have to re-live the traumatic experience you went through
- Just because you have post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms doesn’t mean you have a “disorder” (PTS-D)
With twenty years of experience in telephone and on-site trauma response, you are in highly qualified hands during a difficult time.
Jonathan F. Anderson, LCMHC, LPC-s
Jonathan is dually licensed in North Carolina as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC, formerly LPC) and in Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-s). He completed his Bachelor‘s degree at the University of Texas, Austin, in 1994, and his Master’s Degree at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in 1997. Jonathan has been a leader in the teletherapy industry for over 20-years. He has written telephone counseling training protocols for an international teletherapy provider and was the lead trainer at the same organization. Jonathan has completed Level II of the rigorous Gottman Method of Couples Counseling, and is recognized as an advanced provider of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Management. He is happy to be able to apply his expertise of online and telephone counseling to his trauma response and all of his counseling services.