Online Therapy
Online Therapy Sessions for OCD: Practical, convenient and effective!
I have been conducting OCD treatment via Video calls for many years now, alhamdolillah.
Online Video Therapy sessions have not only been incredibly practical and time-efficient, they have actually been very useful for delivering OCD treatment. It helps to see and support clients to re-engage with all kinds of activities in their natural home or work environment.
With Video calls, screen sharing makes it possible to share and work through diagrams and worksheets together. We can watch or refer to relevant video clips, visuals and other resources needed for conducting in-session Exposure & Response prevention (ERP). All these options enhance our work and make it more effective. Another useful aspect of video calls is that while doing ERP tasks, I can see how the client is doing and also the client can see me role model doing those tasks as well.
Online therapy helps overcome issues due to distance, especially if time is limited due to work/childcare commitments, busy schedules. All you need is to make yourself available for those 50 minutes, at a time.
When clients are already stressed because of their OCD, online sessions offer them the comfort of their home, which is quite helpful. Sometimes clients want a family member to join in for part of their session, for example to support them or give an additional perspective on their various challenges. For these instances, family members can easily just join for that brief period.
Online therapy helps me reach out to far more people suffering from OCD. I am London-based and many clients are outside London or UK, but distance is no more a barrier! Alhamdolillah