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From the age of about 13 onwards, I’ve suffered from higher-than-seems-normal levels of stress and anxiety, and while I’ve primarily come to terms with being tense and a bit doomy, I definitely wouldn’t mind being less so. I’ve had counselling before, and it does help.
And pulling back from my own (reasonably subtle) problems for a moment, could e-counselling be the answer to the psychological health issues intensifying amongst under-30s? With cuts to mental health services actually beginning to bite, digitised therapy could be just the ticket for young adults who currently filter almost every aspect of their lives– friends, work, sex, home entertainment– through a screen.
“You get to understand not just what it’s like to talk to the person, but how it feels to be in a room with them. Using Skype is the next best thing: it’s ‘good enough’, but it does not develop the closeness, the intimacy, that really gets individuals to open up and check out things.”.
” I’ve performed some research study into Skype counselling,” says London-based psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick, “and it’s not the ‘functional equivalent’ of conventional counselling; it’s simply not quite the exact same thing. It’s truly important that individuals who engage in it understand that it’s a different experience from being in the space with someone, speaking face-to-face.” Betterhelp Counseling Services