Teletherapy: The delivery of mental health services

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Closing the door behind you, where coziness intertwines with a life’s basic need, Teletherapy shines bright as a solution for many need mental health services. What has been a relatively new concept in the society has grown to be popular in a crowded society that deems everything to be digitalized including mental health.

The essence of teletherapy is in its simplicity and availability to help people all around the world. The days of people being restricted by region or even the daily proving of the challenge that is traffic are over. It is a form of care that will come to you when you are too ill to go out, when you need help at that instance and not a later day and erasing the barriers that once made some people believe that mental health care is for the ‘so called’ less fortunate ones.

But it’s not just about the convenience of us and the interconnectivity that we have with one another as human beings. It makes use of modern technology and combines the comfort and convenience of being home or a really comfortable place and the warmth of people interaction. Due to the existing online platforms, the notion of rapport between a therapist, valued as the groundwork of a therapeutic relationship, and a client can be established even despite the number of pixels that separate the interlocutors. It is about people and their ability to overcome the physical divide, reaching consolation and connection through the wires and waves of the internet.

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By providing this form of therapy, doors have been created for the individuals who felt that the curves of life were pushing them away due to their mental health issues. It is just a slight nudge that everyone is never really on their own, and that there is always a neighbor willing to offer a helping hand in the form of video call. It was rather amazing to hear the stories of change and the healing that is happening in people’s lives in the context of the teletherapy sessions. They mention a strength, a spirit they feel they possess in order to rise from the flames ignited by a caregiver whom despite the temporal distance seems right beside them.

Teletherapy service is not only about providing effective therapy but also a shift toward a better concept of healthcare. It recognizes the subjectivity of feelings and the importance of multiple perspectives in delivering services. It broke the stereotype of mental health to demonstrate that people can fight their problems with help coming through a computer screen.

In the face of faced of the modern world, teletherapy is a significant proof of how community can continue to evolve in ensuring proper management of mental health. It’s a timely message that shows the importance of two things – first, that technological advancements can actually unite people more than apart and second, that a simple touch can have a profound impact on a persons life no matter where he is.

We are not merely embracing a newer form of care here: we are embracing one another – the drive for which, for designers and developers, must always be at the core of our work. As such, it is a revolution, but maybe not the revolution that we have been expecting or are anticipating, this is a revolution based on an innate aspect of human existence, people’s craving for companionship, empathy, and healing.