WORKING ONLINE Q&A
Q: Is online video counselling as effective as face-to-face?
A: Yes. Research shows online video counselling is just as effective for anxiety, stress, trauma and depression, with many men preferring the privacy of home.
Q: Is online counselling confidential and secure?
A: Absolutely. I use encrypted video platforms that are GDPR-compliant. Sessions are never recorded.
Q: Where can I have counselling from?
A: Anywhere private in the UK where you feel safe - your home, office, or quiet room. You just need a phone or laptop and WiFi.
Q: I,m not very tech savvy, so not confident with all things technical.
A: I use Google Meet because it is easy to use; you don’t need an account, just a phone, tablet, or laptop. Just click on the link invite I send you and that’s it.
Online video counselling is now the most popular way people access support.
Reasons for this are: there’s no need to travel anywhere, no sitting in waiting rooms, no one seeing you walk into a clinic etc. Just secure, confidential counselling from where you live, in the safe , familiar and comfortable place you choose. It can be your home, office, in your car,or even your shed if you want to. Wherever you you feel most at ease.
For many people, especially men, the hardest part is reaching out. Doing this from your own place of safety and comfort makes this so much easier.
You’re in your own environment where you can have a cuppa and wear your most comfortable clothes and you don’t have to drive anywhere to your session, and also, more importantly, drive home afterwards.
Most clients have told me being at home enables them to feel more relaxed and in more control being in their known environment in sessions.
Being online too means you have more choice of counsellor because you can reach out across the whole of the UK rather than finding a counsellor close to where you live, so it does really make more sense to be online.
