Video & Phone Therapy
Teletherapy is absolutely as powerful as face-to-face therapy
Video and phone therapy, collectively known as “Teletherapy” are now firmly established as both effective and accessible. In a 2024 article summarizing much current research about teletherapy, the American Psychological Association wrote:
Teletherapy, including services delivered via telephone or videoconferencing, has been shown to have similar outcomes to traditional, in-person therapy. Teletherapy has been shown to be an efficacious treatment modality for a variety of mental health concerns, including anxiety,depression, PTSD, and adjustment disorder, among others.*
Most of my appointments these days are video meetings: this is a highly effective way to provide therapy. And, having used a phone for therapy and coaching over at least 25 years, I very well know the power and effectiveness of both modalities.
Should you want to meet to discuss the possibility of our working together, I offer a 20-30 minute consultation (by video or phone) at no cost to you. In such a meeting, I can get to know you a little and find out what you want from therapy; and you can meet me, ask me any questions you may have, and get a sense of what our working together would be like.
*From 2024 American Psychological Association article: https://www.apa.org/practice/telehealth-telepsychology
Telehealth compared with in-person services
Teletherapy, including services delivered via telephone or videoconferencing, has been shown to have similar outcomes to traditional, in-person therapy. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Teletherapy has been shown to be an efficacious treatment modality for a variety of mental health concerns, including anxiety, 15, 17 depression, 12, 14, 15, 16 PTSD, 12, 14, 15 and adjustment disorder, 15 among others.
12 Bellanti, D. M., Kelber, M. S., Workman, D. E., Beech, E. H., & Belsher, B. E. (2022). Rapid review on the effectiveness of telehealth interventions for the treatment of behavioral health disorders. Military Medicine, 187(5–6), e577–e588. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usab318
13 Lin, T., Heckman, T. G., & Anderson, T. (2022). The efficacy of synchronous teletherapy versus in-person therapy: A meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 29(2), 167–178. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000056
14 McClellan, M. J., Osbaldiston, R., Wu, R., Yeager, R., Monroe, A. D., McQueen, T., & Dunlap, M. H. (2022). The effectiveness of telepsychology with veterans: A meta-analysis of services delivered by videoconference and phone. Psychological Services, 19(2), 294–304. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000522
15 Varker, T., Brand, R. M., Ward, J., Terhaag, S., & Phelps, A. (2019). Efficacy of synchronous telepsychology interventions for people with anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and adjustment disorder: A rapid evidence assessment. Psychological Services, 16(4), 621–635. https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000239
16 Schiller, C. E., Prim, J., Bauer, A. E., Lux, L., Lundegard, L. C., Kang, M., Hellberg, S., Thompson, K., Webber, T., Teklezghi, A., Pettee, N., Gaffney, K., Hodgins, G., Rahman, F., Steinsiek, J. N., Modi, A., & Gaynes, B. N. (2023). Efficacy of virtual care for depressive disorders: Systemic review and meta-analysis. JMIR Mental Health, 10, e38955. https://doi.org/10.2196/38955
17 Krzyzaniak, N., Greenwood, H., Scott, A. M., Peiris, R., Cardona, M., Clark, J., & Glasziou, P. (2021). The effectiveness of telehealth versus face-to face interventions for anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Society for Telemedicine and Telecare, 30(2), 250–261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357633X211053738
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