Does online trauma and couples therapy work?

Does online trauma and couples therapy work?

Yes! The connection with clients is PALPABLE. We can work through old hurts and traumas as if we are literally in the same room together. I have had so many adult clients who have moved into fulfilling and passionate lives and have brought more depth and connection to their relationships after online therapy. I have seen many times clients start to experience and live from their authentic selves. So much more space, creativity and energy!

So, yes! Online trauma therapy can help with anxiety, stress, depression and PTSD and major difficult experiences like a death in the family, break ups and life transition.

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So, what is online trauma therapy like?

Zoom has been a great platform for teletherapy. Before we start, we make sure to put our phones away. And we make sure to turn off all notifications on our laptops or computer. Try to minimize as much distraction as possible so it feels like we are in the same space.

As we sink into the online session together, the connection and really good work start to happen. Online trauma therapy is effective with old family of origin abuse or neglect. And it is effective with shock events like the death of a loved one, car accidents, or medical trauma using EMDR therapy. My clients and I have been pleasantly surprised.

Over the years, I have updated my technology to add special lighting, a high end microphone and a camera with high resolution. The feedback has been great: “I feel like I’m literally in the same room with you;” “It’s so convenient! I don’t need to travel and get on with the rest of my day so easily;” "I can see and hear you so well. Sometimes I forget that we are doing online therapy."

Ok, what about online couples therapy?

A big thumbs up. Way up! It is important that both partners be in the same room together during the session. It just doesn't work as well when partners join Zoom from different locations. So much of the improvement in intimate relationships comes when one feels a new corrective experience in close physical proximity to their partner: We can resolve conflict , I can ask for what I need, boundaries are ok, I feel understood, etc.

Online couples therapy works! And it is so convenient. It is very important to create the right setting on your end to have deep, meaningful couples therapy. And that means minimizing distractions. Close the door, make sure kids and pets do not interrupt. Make it comfortable and easy to turn toward one another. Put away your phones and turn off notifications.

Concerns about privacy and confidentiality

I use a HIPAA-compliant teletherapy platform to help ensure confidentiality. And I lock the meeting once we start so no one else can join. It would be up to you to make sure that there is privacy on your end: Create a safe space on your end that is private and relatively sound proof and confirm that your WiFi network is secure with password protection. There is always the inherent risk of a leak or hack, but I have never heard of that happening with my clients.

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