Psychotherapy - Working Online
Interview
Walter Logeman interviewed by Ulla Damgaard-Sørensen. From the Journal: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY TRAINING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2003. Will give you an insight as to what it may be like for you working online with your psychological issues.
Here are answers to questions about my approach to psychotherapy online:
Addiction Can Psychotherapy help?
Approaches Does Psychotherapy
online include...?
Catharsis Can strong feelings
be attended to online?
Cyberspace A few thoughts
about the medium.
Dreamwork Work with a dream.
I don't like myself! Get your self esteem back, learn to love yourself as you are.
Goals What is the place of goal
setting in psychotherapy?
Counselling Sharing problems and
feelings, now, and feel some relief.
Grief A Journey that visits you!
Ending Create a good ending.
How long does therapy
take?
Managing Mail A part of the creative
process (for some).
Transference Is working by
email prone to misunderstandings?
Online Time How do you have sessions online?
Pros and Cons Can psychotherapy be
done online? Can we do real therapy here? Yes. For people who are reasonably familiar with communication over
the Internet, online therapy can be effective and have some
advantages over face-to-face work. There are also some
difficulties inherent in the process.
Psychotherapy Space Make a
place to do this work.
Relationships Working with your relationship online! And offline.
Role Reversal An essential part of psychological healing.