E-Counselling
What is E-Counselling?
As an alternative to traditional face-to-face therapy, e-counselling affords people the option of engaging and interfacing with a qualified Psychologist over the internet, through email correspondence, and/or through real-time Instant Messaging programs.
This modality works best for individuals:
- Who live in remote areas, under-serviced by Mental Health Professionals.
- Whose frenetic work/home/travel commitments make regular visits to a psychologist difficult or impossible, but who have an “always on” blackberry or internet connection.
- Who would prefer to remain anonymous.
- Who want access to a Psychologist as and when they need, but do not necessarily require weekly face-to-face meetings.
- Who would like to be held accountable for their life goals, and offered support around these, e.g. weight loss, behaviour change, etc.
- Who have specific questions of a psychological nature that they would like a considered and expert response to, e.g. parenting concerns,
- Who benefit from writing, perhaps more than speaking, but would like an objective, professional “audience” to read, probe and guide their journey – almost like “blogging” or journaling.
This modality is not suitable for individuals:
- Who are suicidal or homicidal.
- Who are in the care of a psychiatrist.
- Who have experienced a traumatic event, i.e. crime
- Who are in a physically abusive relationship
How Does It Work?
Register, by completing the online Client Intake Form.
I have made this deliberately quite comprehensive, for your benefit, and mine. By asking you a wide range of questions, I give you an opportunity to give a lot of background that will save time and funds later, and also affords me some sense of the person “on the other end”. You are welcome to complete the parts you deem relevant, and omit the rest.Fee / Package Options
| Instant Messaging Online Chat Sessions (on your choice of Skype or GTalk) |
R250 : 30 minutes R425 : 60 minutes |
| Email Correspondence 1 x comprehensive response to your email |
R350 |
| Opportunity for you to respond to my mail, and get a second response from me (In this option, each of us will have sent two emails, affording greater clarity on both sides) |
R500 (Total) |
What Will You Get?
Please note that I will do my utmost to offer as much sound psychological guidance as I can, whichever modality you select. I will buffer these emails/IM conversations with food for thought, perspectives you may wish to explore, tough questions, recommended reading, experience gleaned from my years in practice, and suggestions.An e-mail/IM conversation response will be no less than one full page in length, but may well be more, depending on the scenario. If, after the initial exchanges, you feel that you would like to engage with me more regularly, and in a more structured manner, we can discuss a bundled rate for the way forward.
To begin, click here to sign up.
