Online Counseling Gaining Ground Over Face-to Face Counseling

Counseling has been conducted for over a century via the traditional means of face –to-face interaction complete with either the traditional couch or simply a comfy chair and a glass of water and the ubiquitous box of tissues. While face-to-face counseling will never disappear, the benefits of online counseling using email as the correspondence interface between client and psychologist is on the upswing. And with outstanding results. Researchers have been studying the efficacy of online versus face-to-face counseling and have found that not only is online counseling efficient, but in many instances it outstrips traditional counseling in terms of speed … Continue reading