The evidence of telephone counseling is growing.

My positive experiences with my clients with telephone counseling are supported by growing clinical evidence from other therapists, counselors, and psychiatrists.

A New York Times article, New Therapy on Depression Finds Phone Is Effective, by Benedict Carey (August 25, 2004), quotes a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a large-scale, 18-month study, doctors in Seattle found that they could significantly increase recovery rates for patients taking antidepressants by providing several 30- to 40-minute counseling sessions over the phone.

In previous studies, researchers showed that supportive phone calls from nurses or other clinic staff members help people trying to quit smoking, stay on medication or shake low moods. The Seattle study is the first to test the effect of a standardized form of counseling, cognitive behavior therapy, delivered entirely over the phone. 

I also provide counseling services via SKYPE. 

Skype Counseling is less anonymous than Phone Counseling, because we can see you, but very practical because you can have your counseling session in the privacy of your home or office.

SKYPE ME ! MY SKYPE NAME IS: heygaetane 

What you can accomplish by phone and via Skype Counseling:

While the list is really endless, here are examples of help and insights you can gain:

• A professional opinion at your fingertips about anything you need within minutes. 
• Immediate answers about an urgent problem.
• Personalized motivational counseling as needed to pull you out of a slump or a period of stagnation.
• Help with devising an effective action strategy for motivating and propelling your loved one toward addressing their addictions.  
• Specific skills for identifying your blind spots that lead to repetition of your self-destructive behaviors.
• Significantly increase your chance of success when you get answers you need without having to wait for your next office appointment.
• A friendly, empathic sounding board if you relapse-along with action strategies to turn things around as quickly as possible.
• In case of emergency, the first place to turn to for rational advice.
• Recommendations about when a physician should be consulted about medications, detoxification or the possible need for hospitalization.
• On-going monitoring and encouragement about your progress. 
• Objective, non-moralistic person you can be accountable to in order to help you maintain motivation and progress toward your goals.
• And more...

How it works:

1. You call my office at 713-542-4649 (or skype name: heygaetane) and schedule a phone or skype consult. 
2. You pay for your session on-line.
3. At the designated time of your appointment, you simply call me again and we meet by phone or skype. 

In advance of our phone/skype appointment I may send you some material via email that will help our work.

One other tip, I find that if you have a head-set to your phone that it frees you to make notes as needed.


SKYPE ME AT heygaetane OR CALL NOW AT 713-542-4649 ... MAKE THAT CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE ... YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID!