This post presents the full results of the COVID-19 Teletherapy Survey, including data for all the telehealth platforms reviewed by survey participants, even those that received only a single survey. For detailed analysis of the survey data, focused on platforms…
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began I started asking colleagues across the country to share their teletherapy experiences by taking a simple survey that let them rate telehealth platforms they had used in terms of reliability, usability and features. I…
Every day in Facebook groups, group texts and desperate phone calls, therapists across America are asking each other how their telehealth platforms are holding up. It's no wonder that Doxy, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other telehealth services are being pushed…
Sometime during one of your first teletherapy sessions, you probably experienced a gnawing sense of disconnection as your client stared into space or gazed blankly downward. You may have sensed that the client was withdrawn or distracted, but in fact…
UPDATE: The free code for this training is no longer functional. PESI is making an online training program titled "Telehealth for Mental Health Professionals: 2-Day Distance Therapy Training" for free if you know the discount code. The program, regularly priced…
Switching from seeing clients in person to a daylong series of video chats is a major shift that affects every aspect of your work, including the technology you use, the impact on your body, and how you manage your time.…
Psychology Today has added an option to their directory where providers can add a short message telling potential clients how they are handling sessions and office matters during the pandemic. This makes it possible to add COVID-19 information to your profile without…
What is the the most useful thing you have learned about delivering treatment to clients via teletherapy? Your golden nugget of knowledge might be about technology, therapy, government regulations, or looking great on a computer screen. Please post the most…
If you been using TherapyNotes for any length of time, you are probably on automatic pilot when it comes to entering progress notes. However, when you do a therapy session or intake via teletherapy, there are a couple of settings…
Microsoft Teams might not have been designed specifically for teletherapy, but it can get the job quite nicely in a pinch. Like, when other providers are being crushed by unprecedented amounts of traffic as most of the country's healthcare providers…