Trauma and teletherapy: Discerning our clients’ needs

Figuring it out. That’s our task, really—to puzzle out how we can best help our clients while keeping everybody safe in a radically changed world. This requires a flexible, inventive spirit on everyone’s part. You may find yourself meeting online with a client who’s sitting in her attic with her laptop, next to a stack of boxes and some insulated pipes. If you meet virtually with a teen in her bedroom, you may end up teaching her how to set boundaries with intrusive family members. Maybe teletherapy turns out to be too frightening for a client and you switch to the phone, or to an outdoor locale. If you use EMDR therapy, you may work with clients who use their cellphone to see your face while moving their eyes back and forth between two smiley faces pasted on their computer screen. They may be crying their eyes out while you’re quietly freaking out, hoping this is all going to turn out okay. [Exceprt]

Magazine

English

Deany Laliotis

Laliotis. D. (2020). Trauma and teletherapy: Discerning our clients’ needs. Psychtherapy Networker.  Retrieved from https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2502/trauma-and-teletherapy on 11/6/21