Online Therapy
Has Online Therapy Become Your Only Hope For Self-Care?
Do you need help navigating work stress, mental health challenges, or relationship issues in a way that doesn’t require you to visit a therapist’s office? Are you struggling with:
The loss of a loved one, a painful life transition, or the impact of trauma?
Low self-worth, excessive worry, hypervigilance, or catastrophic thinking?
A persistent sense of hopelessness, dread, emptiness, or numbness?
Perhaps you need help managing ADHD symptoms or optimizing the benefits of medication, but you can’t find a therapist in your area. Or maybe you just feel stuck and need someone to talk to who can meet you on your own terms.
Whatever your situation is—whatever challenges you’re managing on your own, there is support available, and it’s right at your fingertips. Whether you need guidance for solving problems, reducing symptoms, healing core wounds, or improving relationships, we can help you create lasting change from the comfort of your own home.
Why Are More People Turning To Psychotherapy Online?
Like most people these days, you probably have little time to actually care for yourself, so meeting a therapist in person can feel like a hassle. Soaring childcare costs and gas prices make you think twice about going anywhere you don’t have to.
You may be too busy working, tending to responsibilities at home, or caring for family to meet in person. Or maybe you’re struggling with something profound that limits your ability to leave the house, drive a car, or take public transportation, making online therapy your only recourse for self-care.
It doesn’t help that we’re immersed in a culture that is always on the go, always pushing for us to do more. At times, it can seem like we’re being pulled in so many directions that there’s no time left to truly care for ourselves, but that’s why teletherapy is such a great option.
Maybe you work from home and don’t want to commute to see a therapist. Maybe you live far away from the provider you want to work with—or maybe you can only schedule sessions on the weekends and after five. Meeting with a counselor online eliminates the hassle and enables you to connect with crucial support and guidance that meets you where you are.
Online Therapy Can Help You Optimize Your Life From A Distance
As human beings, we are incredibly strong, resilient, and compassionate creatures, capable of amazing things. However, we’re also wildly complex and often driven by hidden fears, negative beliefs, and untreated wounds, so understanding those dynamics is crucial to healing and personal growth.
Working with a therapist online gives you a chance to learn about yourself—your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions as well as their interconnectedness. It reveals underlying motivations for how you think and feel while helping you connect with your innate strengths and values.
At the same time, online therapy equips you with skills for regulating emotions, alleviating symptoms, and making changes in your lifestyle that support recovery. Ultimately, we’re here to help you build the life you truly want for yourself regardless of what brings you to counseling.
How Does Teletherapy Work?
Whether you’re seeking online therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, or marriage problems, virtual counseling works the same as traditional in-person sessions. If you like, we can start with a simple mindfulness exercise to get you grounded and focused. Then, we’ll look at how you’re currently feeling, what’s on your mind, and how you would like to spend our time together.
We can talk about what’s happened in the past week and how you’ve coped with symptoms. We’ll also explore your background—your family history, current relationships, and any past trauma—to inform treatment and give us a better idea of where you’re coming from.
If we are working with a specific therapy method, we might utilize things like logs or journals to track distorted thoughts and record challenges. We can also create real-world exercises that allow you to practice the skills learned in session outside of therapy in real life.
Some Of The Tools Our Online Counselors Use
Our online therapists at Live Well Practice NY draw from an eclectic mix of holistic and evidence-based modalities that can be tailored to each person’s situation:
Prolonged Exposure (PE) is an experientially based, 12 to 16-week structured program consisting of 90-minute therapy sessions (additional rates apply). PE uses imaginal exposure and in vivo exercises to help clients cultivate resilience, build up tolerance to distress, and tap into their inner strengths, allowing them to feel safer and stop the cycle of avoidance.
Life Doesn’t Have To Get In The Way Of Your Self-Care
When you’re stressed out, overwhelmed, in pain, or just lost in the wilderness of life, reaching out for help can feel scary, but that’s why online therapy is such a great option.
You can meet with your therapist online from home or wherever you feel the safest and most comfortable. There’s no need to find childcare, drive anywhere, or take off from work. What’s more, our flexible scheduling makes it easier to start therapy, attend sessions consistently, and get the most out of treatment—so the question is, what’s stopping you?
Considering Our Online Counseling Services, But Still On The Fence?
I’m so busy already; I just don’t know if I have the time for therapy.
Prioritizing your well-being is one of the best gifts you can give yourself, so we’ll do everything we can to accommodate your schedule and get you the support you deserve. In sessions, we can even explore ways to simplify routines, set healthy boundaries, and avoid distractions so that you can be more efficient and productive while still safeguarding your own happiness and well-being.
I worry that online therapy will cost too much.
At Live Well Practice, we believe that finances shouldn’t be a barrier to healing. That’s why our fees vary from clinician to clinician. We have both in-network and out-of-network providers—and we offer reduced fees on a case-by-case basis. If your financial situation is holding you back, we’re going to work with you to get you the support you’re searching for.
I don’t want people judging me for going to therapy.
As with traditional in-person sessions, teletherapy is designed to maintain your privacy and confidentiality. Because we can meet from your home, your car in a parking lot, or behind the closed doors of your office, no one has to be any the wiser. That said, what you are doing is nothing to be ashamed of. You’re healing. You’re growing. You’re getting stronger—and that’s amazing.
Let Us Help You Get One Step Closer To Healing
If you’re looking for a convenient, yet effective approach to counseling that doesn’t require you to miss work, fight traffic, or otherwise interrupt your routine, online therapy can meet you where you are. To get started with your free, 15-minute consultation, please contact our virtual assistant at (201) 855-9402.
Live Well Practice offers online therapy services for adults of all ages in NYC and throughout the state of New York.
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