QueechoFeecho Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 So in the same vein as seeing a therapist, with the attendant drive, parking, time, copay, payment, drive home, etc, I was wondering about an alternative. chat therapy Just like a chatroom like on FDR or other forums, but it's just you and your therapist. So it can be done remotely, the conversations can be saved, and it might be able to be cheaper. The underlying cost structure of a therapist's office isn't there, so they have lower overhead. Also, you could just go in and "chat" alone, and the therapist could read it later and respond. (Sounds like email at this point almost.) So there aren't constraints as associated with appointments. Anyone know of this existing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacbot Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I am looking for this aswell, although i think voice 2 voice communication might emote better especially with therapeutic sessions. I dont know I havent done both, but willing to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueechoFeecho Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Good call on including voice in it. I agree that voice inflection can be really helpful. There is no reason they couldn't be used in conjunction, even with normal in-face appointments thrown in, because then body language is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacbot Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I dont trust therapist. i just dont. for me it would be a way to do quick tryout if it was just chat or skype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 checkout blahtherapy.com I am working on my own version of this kind of project. Also, I just recommended Darius Cikanavičius - http://blog.selfarcheology.com/ on a similar post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuralRon Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I think there is definitely value in text only chat & voice only therapy. On the other hand the loss of direct visual contact (and voice), which provides highly useful feedback to a skilled listener / therapist would be absent. I suspect many therapists wouldn't be willing to work with those constraints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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