By Mariana Plata, MSc
on 1/2/19 - 1:01 PM
Psychotherapist Mariana Plata considers the good, bad and ugly of building a social media presence while remaining faithful to her professional ethics.
By Anastasia Piatakhina Gire
on 2/9/17 - 2:26 PM
When I think about why clients choose online therapy, the first intuitive answer that comes to mind is about convenience: the comfort of being in your own office or home, no travel necessary, the time saved, and the possibility to have sessions during a work trip or a holiday. For many of my clients online therapy was the only practical option. For example, I have worked with refugees or expats unable to find a therapist speaking their language within reachable distance....
By Anastasia Piatakhina Gire
on 9/22/15 - 2:42 PM
I thought we had our session today… My client Jane was right, I had just missed the therapy session we had booked. It had not happened to me before, and I felt guilty. Online therapists know how the virtual and body-less nature of the encounter makes it easier to fail each other, be it for the client, or for the therapist. The precious relational tissue seems even more fragile. I always attend to mending these ruptures as well as I can, but...