Beth, are video meetings possible with your therapist?

Doing therapy with a mask is a challenge . . .

I finally got a new therapist at the start of this, and wore a mask. The following week, she said we would only have visits by phone calls or video with FaceTime. I didn't have a webcam, and they are in short supply because of the high demand for them because of COVID, and it took me a few weeks to get one.

After I got one, she said she doesn't do video visits with Microsoft products and is not interested in ZOOM. I have a PC. We have had phone visits. I have looked into some programs that supposedly can be used in Windows as an "emulator" (I think that is the word) to be able to use FaceTime. But I still would have to learn to use Facetime, and frankly every time I have tried to use an Apple product I have become more frustrated than when I have used a Microsoft product.

At this point, I am not sure if she or I would recognize each other, even if we saw each other.

I have seen (yes, seen! ) my new primary care provider for a first visit by video with Microsoft Teams, and it went well. Not as good as face to face, but better than phone, which was not even an option for a first visit.

My therapist is helpful and supportive. I need to get my act together to see if if I can make video FaceTime work this week because video would be better than phone.

But phone is OK and, for me, better than nothing!