[Ninetiesgrl13]

I’m doing a virtual visit with my therapist this weekend. Its my first virtual one and boy do I have a lot of drama to tell. 😩 Anyone do visits this way and prefer it? I’m only doing a virtual visit because her hours are way more flexible virtually. I’ve had several visits before with her and all in person. She says that a lot of her patients prefer virtual. I don’t think I do, I guess I’m old school. I guess I’ll have to leave the house for privacy since I’ll surely be talking about relationship drama. Man I need to write down some things on paper beforehand this time if I’m using my phone for a video chat. 😛

[ArtieTheSequal]

I didn't care for virtual much myself. I did however have good luck with phone sessions - somehow it was easier for me to talk about a particular difficult subject when I couldn't see her seeing me, if that makes sense. If you end up being uncomfortable with virtual sessions, phone sessions might be something to think about. Hugs if wanted.

[ArtieTheSequal]

oh and the Frost poem in your signature is one of my favorites of his!

[Ninetiesgrl13]

I always thought that I could read someone better and their expressions if I could see them, but I’ve never tried a phone call. I do hate phone calls in general lol. Times have definitely changed over the years!

[LonesomeTonight]

I'm not sure what platform you'll be using for it, but I've found that hiding my image (I know you can do that in Zoom) really helped me, once you initially see how you look. I was virtual for a long time during the pandemic (my T took a long time to return to meeting clients his office), and I found that really helped me. It will likely feel weird at first, too.


Oh, and if you're meeting on your phone, my T has said that many clients hold it so he's basically looking up their nose--so try not to do that! Hope it works well for you.

[SquarePegGuy]

Originally Posted by Ninetiesgrl13

I’m doing a virtual visit with my therapist this weekend. Its my first virtual one and boy do I have a lot of drama to tell. 😩 Anyone do visits this way and prefer it? I’m only doing a virtual visit because her hours are way more flexible virtually. I’ve had several visits before with her and all in person. She says that a lot of her patients prefer virtual. I don’t think I do, I guess I’m old school. I guess I’ll have to leave the house for privacy since I’ll surely be talking about relationship drama. Man I need to write down some things on paper beforehand this time if I’m using my phone for a video chat. 😛

My wife does virtual visits with the psychiatric APRN. Otherwise, everything's in person. My wife doesn't like it because she's a technophobe, but it saves me from having to miss work to drive her to another appointment.

For my own therapy, I slightly more prefer in person visits so I can avoid distractions and get more focused on my feelings. But my wife called me during a session once -- she forgot I went to therapy and thought I was shopping for her at the grocery store!

I hope you find a good location with fast Internet!

[SquarePegGuy]

Hmm, now I'm thinking that there's a lot of subtle nonverbal communication that takes place during any encounter. I think it would be easy to "cheat" during a telehealth visit by disguising my picking disorder when we reach an uncomfortable topic.

[ScarletPimpernel]

I have phone sessions on Tuesdays and in person on Saturdays. Each have their pros and cons. Phone I'm able to freely talk because I don't have to worry about things like eye contact or how I look when I cry. But in person there are expressions and nonverbal cues. I've only been doing phone sessions on Tuesdays because eye contact via video is too intense for me right now. Otherwise, we'd be doing video.