Skype, Zoom Online Therapy, Does It Work
Skype, Zoom Online Therapy, Does It Work. Completing a course of Psychotherapy sessions online, for most issues, is now the most chosen approach, providing an array of benefits. The relatively new online approach brings therapists to the living rooms of those living out of town. It also provides seamless access for those working or living abroad to native tongue speaking therapists which they would be unable to find a locally. Online therapy is very useful, and often a lifeline to those on very restricted time frames, maybe due to work commitments, or maybe owing to childcare situations. One other benefit is that it enables clients to select a therapist based on ability and specialisations, rather than their geographical location, and so you can work with a therapist who has bespoke skills most suited to your own issues. Additionally, as no travelling is involved many of the associated costs – travel, car parking etc, no longer exist.
Doing Therapy Online.
An additional possible benefit of online therapy is that for some people at least, it can often be easier and emotionally safer to talk to someone, who is initially a stranger, about intimate or personal issues. All of course from the comfort and security of their own home. From a client’s perspective, many find the fact that sessions are available, morning, afternoon, evening, as well as over selected weekends, can be particularly helpful when planning their day to day activities. Martin and Marion invested a considerable amount of time and resources to the development of their now Award Winning fully downloadable weight loss treatment My Weigh Less here you can read the independent medical endorsements.
Online Rehab
In addition to providing online sessions, either on a one off or series basis, the clinic has established a global reputation around its very popular ‘Online Rehab’, ‘Hybrid’ or ‘Virtual Rehab’ treatment packages please follow the link for more information. Read about online Rehab Here.
Online Psychotherapy, Does it really Work?
Martin and Marion have been delivering various therapy packages globally across all time frames for a number of years. The clinic does not provide or offer group sessions, all of our online treatments are conducted exclusively on a 1:1 basis. Of course, with the current Covid situation, the demand for online treatment has increased dramatically, encouraging us, like many others, to continually enhance and improve the treatment packages we provide. At Elite we recognise that the decision made by individuals to seek therapy, for whatever problems they may be experiencing, is potentially one of the most important decisions they have ever made. We understand, and fully appreciate, that they are looking for real solutions to their problems: they want to feel real improvements in their lives as soon as reasonably possible, and they want the therapeutic benefits to last. We know that all our clients are investing their time, energy, money, and trust in the process, and have a right to want, and expect, something significant in return for this investment; our job is to deliver….
Just How Effective Is Online Therapy?
So can online therapy sessions really produce the same results as those experienced in a face to face situation? The maybe surprising answer is: usually, yes! In general, research studies regarding online and Skype therapy show that:
- Significant improvements are possible with online therapy
- Results are equal, or in some cases better, to that of in-person therapy
- Client satisfaction is high.
A considerable amount of research has been done around online counselling in general, which originally was carried out through emails, instant messaging, or ‘e-learning’. The studies found that not only were online counselling sessions effective, but in some cases it was even more so.
Research says Yes
For example, a 2009 study led by the University of Bristol looking at the effects of online cognitive behavioural therapy on those who suffered depression, found a 43% rate of recovery in participants, and one Canadian study even found some subjects had better results with online CBT therapy than in-person CBT. As for any worries that you won’t have as good a personal connection with your therapist, a 2014 review carried out in Australia on the subject of client-therapist relationships in video therapy positively confirmed that clients felt at least as bonded with their therapist using video conference as those who had in-person therapy.
Go to Option
Providing therapy online has become the ‘Go to Option’ recently, and is growing in both popularity and acceptance. It does require that your therapist is extremely empathetic, and is able to connect deeply with you, without them being in the same room. A therapist is not going to have all of the same visual clues available over a video feed, but a skilled therapist is able to overcome that limitation. It is also important that both you and your therapist have dependable internet connectivity, and a dependable device with Skype, or similar software installed.
Therapy Session Length and Frequency
All therapists will have different preferences around the duration of the sessions, and the frequency in which they are scheduled. We approach the matter a little differently; whilst we will inform you of what, in our opinion, would give you the fastest improvement, we prefer for you to tell us how long you would like each session to last, and how often you wish the sessions to be scheduled. It is common for clients to adjust both length and frequency, once they get into the process.
Skype, Zoom Online Therapy, Does It Work
We continue to provide our very popular ‘Online Rehab’ or ‘Virtual Rehab’ treatment packages. Read More Here. These are usually incorporated when treating either Cocaine Addiction, or eating disorders such as Bulimia. The session frequency for this treatment package will normally initially involve multiple sessions per day, with possible unscheduled telephone calls in between. With these clients we strive to emulate the experience of them actually residing in a rehab centre for a 28 day period, but at a fraction of the normal costs.
Does In-Person Therapy Have Benefits Over Online Therapy?
There are, of course, some elements of therapy that online counselling does make more challenging. A counsellor has to work hard to read all your body language over a video-based session. However, the session will be completed in real-time, and a well-trained online therapist will know to look for verbal cues, eye contact, and other body clues that are signs of stress, or uncertainty.
Do bear in mind that you are the client, and have at any time, the right to cease the therapy and seek a different therapist of your choice. At the Elite clinic, you can, and are welcome, to revert to taking some of your sessions face to face at the clinic.
We Look Forward to Working With You
As you will read on other pages of this site, we have been helping people overcome a number of different problems for many years. Over recent years we have invested a considerable amount of both time and finances creating a cutting edge and very successful distance treatment programme, using Medias such as Zoom, Face Time and Skype. Whilst these sessions can be taken individually, we also offer a full ‘Virtual Rehab’ package, providing multiple sessions each day, along with 24/7 support, in effect mirroring the Rehab experience, but from the comfort and security of your own home, and of course at a fraction of the normal costs. You can read more here.
Contact US. Should you have any additional questions regarding the treatment offered do feel free to drop us an email, we will be pleased if requested to call you back for an information conversation –
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National and International Home Visits – Almost since day one, Martin and Marion have offered their unique range of treatment packages to clients around the world in their own homes, for details, prices please feel free to contact us direct by phone or email.
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Over the last fifteen years, Martin and Marion Shirran, have been featured in just about every UK National Newspaper, and in hundreds of magazines, including titles such as Vogue, Marie Claire and Psychologies Magazine. They were flown to New York where their work was the subject of a news special on the Good Morning America TV show. They have also appeared in numerous UK shows. Last year they were interviewed by Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield on the This Morning TV Show. You can read more in the News Section of this site.
During 2012, Martin and Marion signed a Multi Title International publishing contract with the renown Hay House Publishing House in New York. There first two , best selling books are available globally from Amazon. The forward of the Pause Button Therapy book was written by Professor Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University in Dan Fransisco. The books were also endorsed by Professor Windy Dryden of Goldsmiths University London. Visit the Pause Button Therapy Dedicated Web Site
Psychologies magazine dedicated two pages to the new Pause Button Therapy which was developed by Martin and Marion Shirran.
Vogue magazine featured the Shirrans’ Gastric Mind Band therapy in the ‘Vogue Beauty’ section in January 2011, commenting on the many testimonials and the short, four-day treatment time.
“Pause Button Therapy is wonderfully simple, but simply effective.” Stelios N. Georgiou. Professor of Educational Psychology. University of Cyprus
“The new concept of PBT developed by the Shirrans addresses the vital moment of decision making in all of our lives.” Nick Clements, author of ‘The New Ages of Men’
“The Shirrans have developed a simple but powerful form of therapy that has the potential to change lives for the better.” Lynn Crilly, author and counsellor