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Is web counseling right for me?
Online web counseling is not right for you if you are in CRISIS. Please call your local help on call or if an emergency call 911.
Online web counseling is still a new way for therapist and behavioral health professionals to practice psychotherapy. This is what onlinewebcounseling.com is all about. What Onlinewebcounseling.com does is brings together behavioral health professionals and their clients in a safe and secure HIPAA compliant way online as well as in the office. Many more people can be helped because of convenience and security of online web counseling.
With OnlineWebCounseling.com you really do not have to decide right then and there if online counseling is right for you. You can contact one of onlinewebcousneling.com therapist and meet with them in-person and decide how much or if any of your counseling will be online. Remember that since OnlineWebCounseling.com is a state to state directory you can choose to see your therapist at their office or online. If you decide to do online counseling, you can do it right here on OnlineWebCounseling.com in a safe and secure HIPAA compliant environment.
Therapists and other behavioral health professionals, who work online, should properly access their psychotherapy clients in person to determine that online counseling is right for those individuals. If online counseling is determined to be a an appropriate course of therapy for that client then the therapists and the clients can meet here on OnlineWebCounseling.com. to have The client and therapist can easily have a safe and secure HIPAA compliant counseling session. It is simple and easy and there is no additional software to have these secure sessions online.
What is web counseling and how does it work?
Online web counseling has only been around for a short time. Online counseling consists of e-mail, chat, and video conferencing. One of the best things about OnlineWebCounseling.com is that when you find a registered therapist or behavioral health professional on OnlineWebCounseling.com you can do all three. OnlineWebCounseling.com features a variety of ways in which clients can communicate online with their therapist.
E-MAIL or Telephone -This is how we recommend that most of our clients contact their therapist initially listed on onlinewebcousneling.com. E-mail is commonly used by most therapists. Their email address should be listed within their listing. E-mail is now widespread and is easy for people to use. Initial e-mails sent to therapist should be simple and provide clear and concise ways of contacting the individual seeking therapy. Initial e-mails to therapist listed on OnlineWebCounseling.com are not therapy and do not provide therapy of any sort, this is one of the easiest ways to connect clients with licensed behavioral health professionals listed on onlinewebcousenling.com. You can always call the behavioral health professional directly. Their phone number will also be listened in their listing.
VIDEO CONFERENCING-At Onlinewebcousneling.com we provide a SAFE and SECURE HIPAA COMPLIANT ENCRYPTED WEB-BASED Video conference CHAT ROOM for each enhanced listed behavioral health professional on the site. Each enhanced listed therapist on Onlinewebcounseling.com has a their own secure HIPAA compliant chat room where therapist the behavioral health professional can have their clients meet with them and have a safe and secure online web chat based sessions. The client will receive simple straightforward instructions from their online therapist of how to meet them in their very own secure chat room during their scheduled online session. Therapist and behavioral health professionals will receive instructions on conducting online therapy sessions within onlinewebcousenling.com their own HIPAA compliant secure chat room once they have completed the registration process (see listing packages). Note: Therapist must have active registration in order to use their secure chat room privileges.
Therapist can opt to use their own online platform to conduct online sessions with their clients. This is for therapist that are listed on Onlinewebcounseling.com but, do not have an enhanced listing. During our current and ongoing health pandemic some licensing board have allow for the use of non-HIPAA compliant care. This is up to the behavioral health professional and depends on their states requirements for that professional. At Onlinewebcounseling.com we do recommend to only utilize a HIPAA compliant video chat software in which we provide. However, that is not a requirement to be have a listing on Onlinewebcounseling.com. There is no middleman between you and your therapist. The best part of Onlinewebcousneling.com is that you have met or talked with your in-state therapist and have decided that they are the right treatment provider for you either in-person or online. Therapist can properly access their client’s behavioral health needs. OnlineWebCounseling.com helps to provide an additional resource for counselors and clients needing a safe and secure way to both receive and provide therapy.
Where do I find the hardware I need to make this work?
With OnlineWebCounseling.com u you do not need to add any hardware to your computer to start your online counseling with a behavioral health professional. The easiest way to start your online counseling experience is to first call the therapist listed here or to send them an initial email telling them you are interested in their services either online or in-person. This initial email can explain a problem you may be suffering from, or this may just be a simple introduction. Your onlinecounseling.com therapist should get back to you in a timely fashion. In your email please explain that you would prefer office based, online counseling, or both. It is up to each individual therapist to take over the therapeutic process from that point on. The therapist may suggest that you initially meet face to face or in person for the first session or may do all counseling over the internet. All of our counselors listed on OnlineWebCounseling.com should have current licensure in their profession in their home state. It is up to clients to verify their OnlineWebCounseling.com in person or online. Therefore at OnlineWebCounseling.com we encourage our clients to have their initial counseling meeting with their selected therapist at their practice. This also provides the therapist with a way to access each individual client’s needs.
Where can I download the software to make this work?
With OnlineWebCounseling.com you do not have to download any software. Just browse through our listing of licensed behavioral Health professionals and choose one. After you have selected a licensed therapist give them a call or send them an email requesting an initial consultation. Once you have met with your OnlineWebCounseling.com therapist you can either meet with them online or face to face it’s up to you.
Why Online Web Counseling?
The therapist and behavioral health professionals are investing in their own business. Behavioral health professionals can provide either face to face counseling or online counseling safely and securely. They are listed on a national directory which they can advertise as part of their practice. They can advertise that they offer HIPAA-compliant online counseling. Online counseling can provide them ways to fill their schedules and become more profitable as well as expanding their patients in their practices. Simply put they can offer better and more care to their patients. Choose me Onlinewebcounseling behavioral health professionals choose to be listed here because it is easy and simple and no other additional steps they have to take to add online counseling to their practice than simply signing up. The behavioral health professional then chooses which patients can and should use online counseling. Behavioral Health professionals maintain their entire patient caseloads without having to give any other information out to any other theirs parties. By using a HIPAA-compliant platform therapist can bill insurance telehealth codes if the therapist or behavioral health professional accepts insurance.
Just a few reasons to register with OnlineWebCounseling.com
Onlinewebcouseling.com is one of the most publicized counseling directories on the internet. OnlineWebCounseling.com is at the top of search engines such as google and yahoo for keyword listings such as online line counseling and internet counseling.
OnlineWebCounseling.com is the only site that not only provides a listing of counselors that are willing to provide online counseling but, also have a safe and secure way for counselors to conduct safe and secure online counseling.
Onlinewebcounseling.com is affordable and easy to use.
OnlineWebCounseling.com is a way for counselors and therapist to promote and market their practices at an affordable advertising price.
Onlinewebcousneling.com provides therapist and behavioral health professionals with a safe, secure, HIPAA compliant platform which provides an easy way to add online web counseling to their current scope of practice.