Working online is different from meeting in person, but here are a few tricks to make it easier - particularly if you’re sharing space with others:
1. Putting even quiet white noise, music or radio on by your door can help confuse noise and maintain confidentiality
2. Use headphones to “hide” one side of the conversation. If your partner is with you in a small space, they can perhaps listen to media using headphones too - to create some extra privacy.
3. Coordinate therapy sessions with others’ outdoor exercise so you have the place to yourself.
4. If children have allocated screen time, coordinate this with your therapy sessions. Better still if they too have headphones!
5. Be conscious of the “digital divide”. If you’re aware that there’s an added layer that can restrict you from diving deeper into the work of therapy, there’s a better chance of overcoming it.
6. Don’t be afraid to take your time. You need your own time for your own health. Therapy time is a unique, directed and important part of your time - sometimes we need to verbalize this so we can make it happen. Use cues - like making tea - to help carve out and delineate the special time devoted to your therapy process.
For your ease of use, security and privacy I use a Telehealth service called Doxy.me to connect with clients. I simply provide you with a link to click in order to enter my digital waiting room at the time of your appointment.
Therapy relies in part on us having a safe, comfortable and confidential place to talk. It can allow us to let our guards down, and to drop into conversations we didn’t know we could have. By mimicking as much as possible the confidential set-up of a therapist’s office, we can still allow for that to happen.
If you have other ways that help you approach online therapy, it would be great to hear them.
Best wishes to all, stay safe and stay well,
Tom
1. Putting even quiet white noise, music or radio on by your door can help confuse noise and maintain confidentiality
2. Use headphones to “hide” one side of the conversation. If your partner is with you in a small space, they can perhaps listen to media using headphones too - to create some extra privacy.
3. Coordinate therapy sessions with others’ outdoor exercise so you have the place to yourself.
4. If children have allocated screen time, coordinate this with your therapy sessions. Better still if they too have headphones!
5. Be conscious of the “digital divide”. If you’re aware that there’s an added layer that can restrict you from diving deeper into the work of therapy, there’s a better chance of overcoming it.
6. Don’t be afraid to take your time. You need your own time for your own health. Therapy time is a unique, directed and important part of your time - sometimes we need to verbalize this so we can make it happen. Use cues - like making tea - to help carve out and delineate the special time devoted to your therapy process.
For your ease of use, security and privacy I use a Telehealth service called Doxy.me to connect with clients. I simply provide you with a link to click in order to enter my digital waiting room at the time of your appointment.
Therapy relies in part on us having a safe, comfortable and confidential place to talk. It can allow us to let our guards down, and to drop into conversations we didn’t know we could have. By mimicking as much as possible the confidential set-up of a therapist’s office, we can still allow for that to happen.
If you have other ways that help you approach online therapy, it would be great to hear them.
Best wishes to all, stay safe and stay well,
Tom