Mental health and COVID-19 seem to go hand-in-hand.
But because so many places have either closed, or people just didn’t feel comfortable going to in-person therapy, we wanted to know what the solution was.
Turns out, the internet has opened up a bunch of new avenues for those looking for treatment.
SOT 1:40-1:46 MARK YOU KNOW,MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN SUCH AHUGE TOPIC, THE LAST PROBABLY12 MONTHS OR SO, WHAT ARE YOUSEEING IN YOUR OFFICE.
SOT1:48-1:52 AMY A LOT OFANXIETY, A LOT OF DEPRESSION,A LOT OF TRAUMA.
VO E-THERAPY,TELE- THERAPY, WHATEVER YOUWANT TO CALL IT, IN THE FACEOF THE COVID-19 CRISIS, MANYIN-PERSON THERAPY SESSIONSHAVE TRANSITIONED TO ONLINE.AND GOOD THING, BECAUSE THENEED TO TALK IS GREATER THANEVER.
SOT 1:17-1:28 AMYCIRBUS, DIRECTOR OF CLINICALCONTET, TALKSPACE.
MORE PEOPLEARE ACTUALLY COMING IN THATWOULDN'T HAVE COME IN FACE TOFACE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SAT INA WAITING ROOM THEY WOULDN'THAVE NECESSARILY FELTCOMFORTABLE SITTING ACROSSFROM SOMEBODY IN PERSON, THISIS A MUCH LOWER RISK.
VO THISIS AMY CIRBUS, SHE'S THEDIRECTOR OF CLINICAL CONTENTAT TALKSPACE: JUST ONE OF MANYONLINE PLATFORMS THAT CONNECTCLIENTS TO A LICENSEDTHERAPIST THROUGH A WEBSITE ORAPP.
SOT :24-:34 AMY YOU CANSEND WRITTEN MESSAGES YOU CANSEND AUDIO MESSAGES VIDEOMESSAGES AND YOU CAN ALSO HAVEA LIVE VIDEO SESSION.
MARKSTAND-UP: BUT LET'S SAY YOU'RENOT A BIG OF USING SOMETHINGLIKE A LAPTOP OR MAYBE ANIPAD.
TURNS OUT, IT'S MUCHEASIER THAN YOU THINK.
PLUS,SITTING ON YOUR COUCH AT HOMEIS PROBABLY A BIT MORECOMFORTABLE THAN THE ONE INTHE THERAPISTS' OFFICE.
SOT4:12-4:22 AMY OUR THERAPISTSARE REALLY SENSITIVE TO THATAS WELL.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCHA RANGE OF AGES AND CLIENTSTHAT COME IN, THEY WILL HELPALSO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGHSHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS.VO SHARING DEEP EMOTIONS ISTHE WHOLE POINT OF THERAPY,BUT I WANTED TO KNOW: WHENYOU'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKETHAT ENTIRELY ONLINE, WHATABOUT PRIVACY?
SOT MARK5:16-5:19 AND AMY WHAT ABOUTTHE FOLKS CONCERNED ABOUTHIPPA?
SOT AMY 5:38-5:53 YOUKNOW, EARLY ON, IF IF WE IFTHERE WAS A TECH PROBLEM FORSOME REASON, AND WE COULDN'TGET ON A VIDEO CALL, PEOPLEWOULD WANT TO SAY OH LET'SJUST JUMP ON FACETIME OR LET'SJUMP ON SOMETHING ELSE.
WELL,WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT ISNOT WITHIN THAT HIPPA SECUREPLATFORM.
VO SO IF YOU'RELOOKING TO DUMP YOUR BUCKET,BUT YOU DON'T THINK IN-PERSONTHERAPY IS RIGHT FOR YOU,CONSIDER TRADING THE BIGLEATHER COUCH FOR A SCREEN ANDSOME WIFI AND GET IN TOUCHWITH SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP.IF YOU'RE INTERESTED LEARNINGMORE ABOUT ONLINE THERAPYCOMPANIES, GO TO OUR WEBSITEAND CLICK ON THIS STORY.
I PUTSOME LINKS TO A FEW COMPANIESAT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE.REMEMBER WHEN