#teletherapy

[silverspoonsandbutterknives]

I love teletherapy because I can just fidget and stim with whatever I find and look at a different place that is not my therapist eyes and it still looks like I'm having eye contact. At this point, if I'm not autistic I can't explain what is going on inside me

[grumpygradstudents]

My work space! I finally got a mouse and mouse pad since we’re doing teletherapy for now.

[faithhopeloveandtherapy]

Teletherapy

At the end of therapy yesterday, we were talking about doing therapy online and how it has worked really well for us. T said when she first moved away and we changed from face to face therapy to doing it over Skype, she had a supervisor in her new location who told her that she really needed to work towards terminating with me and getting me to start back seeing someone face to face. Of course T didn’t tell me that at the time, but she said she herself felt very resistant to that idea and she felt that we were doing really good work together over Skype.

So in our conversation in session yesterday, T was reflecting on how now most therapy has gone online, many therapists and clients are discovering there are actually benefits to it. T said some clients are reporting that they find even sessions over the phone helpful because there is yet another extra layer of distance so they can be more open.

I think that maybe it has been implied to her in supervision and peer supervision that therapy by Skype can not possibly be as good as face to face, and now that all these therapists are having to do therapy by Skype too, they’re realising it doesn’t have to be a second-best method. For some clients (maybe mostly the avoidant ones like me, ha!), that extra bit of distance helps them say things that would feel too overwhelming or difficult to say actually in person.

[adventures-in-therapy]

When my therapist wants to talk trauma over telehealth:

[we-will-all-be-stories]

the only good part of teletherapy is i get to be with my chickens while i cry.

[twintherapists]

When clients insist on face-to-face therapy, I’m just like:

[thatteacherlifetho]

Me saying hello to the children for the first time in the virtual classroom like . . .

I was super excited y’all and I keep waving like a weirdo...

[ryanleonitus]

My therapist surprised me with a revelation. Long story boring, they said my optimism and spirituality during our earlier sessions helped them through some things of their own. They'd jotted down a few phrases/techniques I'd used as far as self-care and the like. They said they thought now was the time to share those with me with everything that has been going on. A little weight was lifted. I'm not sure why yet.

It was our final session for awhile unless something changes. We talked about routines and getting back to what we know works since I'm finally moved. Small(er) things like meal prepping, intentional physical activity outside of work, hobbies solely for pleasure, ridding trivial deadlines, etc...

The entire session felt like rain. I appreciated it.