doing telehealth / virtual appointments are here to stay. they are just another tool for professionals to use to better help their clients.

Sometimes I watch those old tv shows with my children like the jetsons. and remember back to watching them myself and thinking wow wouldnt it be great to have that kind of technology. the same with popular science fiction shows that keep getting rerun like star trek. what an amazing thing the technology in those shows. made lots of people wish they could have virtual reality where you could just call up the doctor, flip on the screen and the doctor would know right way from the description and viewing through the screen what was wrong and would say be right there.

those shows were back in the 1970's and 1980's and here we are in 2022 with the full tech knowledgeand abilities for virtual reality devices, and telehealth appointments.

sure covid kicked it into high gear but we humans were already on that track and it would have happened anyway in the next few years even with out a pandemic. the world already had skype, facebook and online therapy, emailing our treatment providers, private messaging our treatment providers.

read some of the old posts here. its been here all this time even before the pandemic.

the only difference is that because of the pandemic the world had no choice but to embrace online therapy, online medical care, online groups and so forth.

it's been here for over a decade and its here to stay. treatment providers now have embraced and added telehealth fully into the services that they provide.

if you feel uncomfortable with telehealth aka online therapy, online medical care, online groups talk with your treatment providers. they will let you know when and if their agencies are going to include "in person" scheduling or staying full time with online therapy, online medical care, online groups. if they choose to stay online and you prefer in person care they can help you locate treatment providers who are providing in person care.

there was once a day when telehealth was just part of popular tv shows and everyone wished we had it, and now it's here to stay. now treatment providers have another tool to better help their clients and their clients can choose which we are more comfortable with.

talk with your treatment providers they will help you find the best fit for you, for me and my therapist we use both telehealth and in person options.