Online counseling - also called distance therapy or “e-therapy” - is the term used when a professional counselor or psychotherapist talks with you over the Internet, to give you emotional support, mental health advice or some other professional service. It could be one question, or an ongoing conversation; it could be by e-mail, chat, video or even Internet phone (voice-over-internet-phone). I primarily use Voice-Over-Internet-Phone (VOIP) which is driven by Skype technology.  It is only with the relatively recent proven reliability of VOIP protocols that I am satisfied that effective counseling can happen between a therapist/counselor and client(s).  I have used the Skype protocol successfully for a number of years with very few technical difficulties with clients and supervisees in the United States, Australia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia. 

Distance and online counseling

Jay Levin at Leading Solutions