Therapy via webcam is not appropriate for some crisis situations.
If you believe there is a danger to yourself or others please call 911 or visit
your local hospital emergency room.
Guidelines for Therapy via webcam
Become familiar with the way your webcam works, so you do not have to waste valuable therapy time.
Your therapist will be online with you for the entire session. He or she will dedicate
the entire time to you. Nobody else will be chatting with the therapist during your appointment.
It is important that you also dedicate yourself 100% to your session.
- Keep the room as quiet as possible so that your webcam will not pickup any noise that
will hinder your therapist's ability to hear you.
- Close all open programs except for the chat software.
- Clear off the desk or table you will be typing on; remove anything that might be distracting.
- Give yourself as much privacy as you can; notify others that you are not to be disturbed.
- Turn off the ringers on all of your phones and cell phones.
- Turn down the volume on your answering machine.
- Turn off your TV and radio.
- Refrain from listening to music
- Turn off your TV and radio.
- Prepare background music ahead of time, so you do not have to get up to put in a CD or tape.
unless you find background music helpful to the therapy process.
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