Social Distancing the New Norm

Hello all, like many of you we are worried and in a state of fear due to the Corona Virus spreading globally. To help all of you, while restricting socializing in person we are switching to teletherapy March 18th until April 1st.

Teletherapy is online therapy, from the comfort of your home and in PJs (if you would like). What could be more comfortable, you do not have to sit in traffic and you can enjoy your favorite room in your house?

Many of you are wondering how online therapy works and how this may benefit you?

First of all, YOU ALL are very important to us, and we want to make sure you are able to keep some peace and normalcy during this uncertain time. We realize coming to therapy is a unique part of your week and month. You get to share things with us that you would normally keep to yourself. With this knowledge we want to make it easy and helpful to continue meeting with us.

Keeping as much of a routine in this transitional period will be extremely beneficial to your own mental health.

The most important question we are asked right now seems to be how to connect with us online?

We use a program called Doxy, which can be accessed through www.doxy.me

All you would do is register for free with your email address. To connect with Mrs. Stephanie please visit https://doxy.me/serenemind

Once you have been added as a contact by us on our end, we simply call you at your scheduled session time and we chat away. It is that easy!

We have a second online therapy program we have been trained to use and will use it if VSee is not functioning properly.

Online therapy is as beneficial as in person therapy.

You feel a connection, make eye contact and talk about things privately (with headphones) in a room that is familiar to you. It would be like talking via Facetime to someone you know. Have you had important and meaningful conversations through Facetime? Well you know exactly how this feels.

Teletherapy can create a safe space for clients to talk about events in daily life without the worry of driving or even being in the same city. We have teletherapy clients all over Florida. They enjoy meeting with us and tackling their depression and anxiety. Online therapy helps us connect and unite on a different platform.

Some of you may wonder how this works for kids or teens?

Well it works in the same way as in person therapy. We connect, talk, empathize and complete activities together. We have guided online tools and worksheets that we use. We are also able to work more with parents on behavior they can be modeling at home while providing a safe place for their kids to learn at home.

How will Bruce Lee, and pet therapy work?

Bruce loves being included! He will still be in all our online sessions, and you can give him a virtual treat or pet.

We know change is not easy.

We are literally in your shoes right now. Yes, change can be hard but we can tell you this shall pass and we will see you in person once again. Please be patient and kind to one another. All we can do is come together and lean on one another for support and empathy. After all, that is what therapy is truly about.