Online Therapy may provide the Key to Mental Health Worries

Online Therapy may provide the key to mental health worries, especially during times of lockdown and restrictions brought on by Covid-19.

Mental Health is becoming an increasing worry as the time we have spent in lockdown or under restriction nears 1 year. Home life and home schooling is a particular concern to many, with knock on effects for both parents, children and teachers.

Home life as we knew it at the start of 2020 has changed completely. Much of what we considered “normal” in January 2020 no longer even figures in our lives. Instead, parents are faced with the stress of delivering the home schooling, together with the feeling of inadequacy when things aren’t going quite as they may envisage. Not to mention the worry, that their little ones will be behind where they should be, when the children get back into school. This is compounded with the fact, many are spending 24 hours, 7 days a week under the same roof with no break, juggling schooling, work and a family life. Plus the fact their house is a always chaotic and they are trying to meet the whole families needs ALL the time.

Children have had their worlds turned upside down and the long term effects could be detrimental to many. No school, no extra curricular activities, no interaction with their own peer group and a lack of routine are some of the things they have had to cope with on a daily basis for months and months in the last year.

Teachers are also feeling the pressure. Many are in school which comes with added worry and concern. They are also delivering lessons in person whilst also preparing and delivering lessons virtually. This together with providing feedback, answering questions and supporting those at home is not without pressure and stress, as well as very time consuming.

Online therapy is likely to play an important role in the forthcoming months to help treat those suffering from mental health anxiety. There are many advantages:

1. 1. You get a chance to connect with a therapist who isn’t in your local area. This may give you the opportunity to reach expertise not readily available in your immediate local area.
   2. It’s not always easy to express your feelings with a stranger. However, a therapist online is patient and realizes that this may be your first experience with virtual therapy or mental health treatment whatsoever. It is also more anonymous and therefore this may make it easier than face to face.
   3. Sensitive issues are difficult to confront and this can be made easier when in your own home, where you are most relaxed.
   4. It is easier to arrange meetings at a mutually convenient time, whether it be you and the therapist, or you as a couple and a therapist.
   5. It is quicker to get an appointment with a therapist, no need for those long waits for your first session.
   6. You can remain anonymous if you wish.

BetterHelp is an online therapy service founded in 2013 by Alon Matas and a growing hub for online therapy & online counseling focused on offering digital therapy sessions when and where you need them. It enables you to reach a seasoned, highly-rated mental health professional from the comfort of your own home who know how to help you and your needs. Currently, over 40,000,000 sessions & therapy services have helped over a million people with their mental health.

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