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Thinking about therapy (self.neurodivergent)
submitted 1 year ago by faux2pas to c/neurodivergent
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I'm considering doing online therapy; however, I've never done therapy before.

Would you recommend in-person only, or is online okay? My instance offers some online resources called Teledoc.

I hear it cannot be easy to find someone you like and trust. It seems like the pool of people online is a lot greater than local to me.

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[–] lazyguru 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My kids have used Teledoc. It’s like Zoom but with HIPPA in mind. In terms of online therapy, my kids tended to prefer in-person instead. I think it might just be a personal choice though.

[–] faux2pas 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do they prefer in-person? Did they say?

[–] lazyguru 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They prefer the personal connection you can build in-person. Also, one of them mentioned the lack of ability for the counselor to be able to read body language in a video call as well as they could in-person

[–] faux2pas 2 points 1 year ago

That's good to know. I'll show more of my body when talking and see if they do the same. I don't have an issue connecting with people over the internet and almost prefer it.