Online Psychological Counseling

Online psychological counseling is the online meeting of individuals who need psychological support via the internet.

When Can Online Psychological Counseling Service Be Received?

• Those who cannot leave the house due to physical or mental health problems

• Living in an area where they cannot receive face-to-face psychological counseling services

• Those who have to travel frequently

• People who do not have access to the specialist they want to reach want to receive online consultancy service of their own choice

Before online psychological counseling, the client and the counselor discuss how the process will be carried out. It is applied in the same way as face-to-face psychological counseling meetings. The interview takes approximately 45-50 minutes. Meetings are held between the client and the counselor at intervals determined according to the client's needs and conditions. Some precautions need to be taken to prevent the meetings from being interrupted. It is important that there are no technological devices turned on in the room where the interview will be held, that would disrupt the session process, and that there are no people entering or exiting the interview room, in order not to distract the attention of the client and the counselor and to enable the person to focus better on himself/herself. It is necessary to create a quiet environment throughout the interview and to be able to maintain this environment.

Ethical Rules in Online Psychological Counseling

• Before the online psychological counseling session, the client and the consultant discuss how the process will be carried out. Among the determined issues, issues such as the application to be discussed, fee, session duration, how often to meet, how and when the fee will be paid, whether the subject applied for is suitable for online psychological counseling, what the responsibilities of the client and the counselor are, are discussed and a mutual agreement is made.

• The counselor providing Online Psychological Counseling verifies the identity of the client before each session in order to establish trust.

• Confidentiality is the most important and most important thing in psychological counseling. It is one of the sensitive principles. Session The client and the counselor cannot record or take images without permission. All written, visual and audio information shared by the client must be protected.

• When it is necessary to guide the client during the sessions, the client is informed about this issue and referrals can be made to professional organizations. The client is informed about this guidance.

• When the client needs support such as medication, no suggestions are made for such practices and referrals are made to the necessary institutions and units.

• Online psychological counseling service is not provided to those who have thoughts of harming themselves or others, those who use substances, people in severe crisis and psychotic patients.

• In case serious problems arise during online psychological counseling, the client's identity information, full address, and information about relatives who can be contacted in case of emergency are obtained by the counselor at the beginning of the sessions.

• All ethical rules in face-to-face psychological counseling also apply to online psychological counseling. These can be summarized as follows:

• Psychological counselor - client relationship

• Informing clients before the session

• Respect for Client

• Protection of Clients

• Confidentiality and confidentiality

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• Use and control of appropriate hardware and software

• No recording without permission

• Hiding and protecting the client's information

 

Work Subjects for which Online Psychological Counselor is Suitable

• Anxiety Disorders

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Separation Anxiety

• Performance Anxiety

• Test Anxiety

• Panic Disorder

• Phobic Disorders

• Social Phobia

• Depression

• Family Relationships

• Domestic Communication Problems

• Disorders in Interpersonal Relationships

• Sleep Disorders

• Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa

• Emotional Eating Disorder

• Bulimia Nervosa

• Sexual Problems

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Somatization Disorder

• Psychosomatic Disorders

• Stress

• Anger Problems

• Self-Confidence Problems

• Psychological effects of physiological disorders

• Adolescence Problems

• Loss – Mourning

• Marriage Counseling

• Career Consultancy

• Educational Consultancy

• Lack of Motivation

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