[Trace14]

Anyone tried this? I have , just curious about others experiences.

[baseline]

HiTrace14, I have not. Did you likeit? Was it effective?

[Trace14]

Originally Posted by baseline

HiTrace14, I have not. Did you likeit? Was it effective?

For me it was, the first time totally effective. This time it was to an extent. It gave that person to talk to between sessions with a counselor. I guess it depends on what you need. The first time was my sole source of counseling by email and that worked out very well. The second was kind of like a forum between the counselor and myself, and she was like a booster support. She was actually more supportive than the f2f counselor.

[ThisWayOut]

I've not done it, but I consider it from time to time. My only concern would be my tendency to read negative opinions into things (I always wordy people are mad at me),and it's a bit more difficult to talk myself out of that without non-verbal cues.

[Trace14]

Originally Posted by ThisWayOut

I've not done it, but I consider it from time to time. My only concern would be my tendency to read negative opinions into things (I always wordy people are mad at me),and it's a bit more difficult to talk myself out of that without non-verbal cues.

Yes you do miss that body language and clues on how a person is responding, I'm sure the T's have that problem too until they get to know the online client better. The ones I used finally figured out to read between the lines with me. It wasn't an intentional thing for me but I would tend to share part of the story. Thankfully they were skilled enough to ask the right questions to get the rest, which I didn't mind sharing....just didn't type it with the rest of the information