{"id":656,"date":"2012-12-15T02:07:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T07:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=656"},"modified":"2013-04-15T02:44:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T07:44:26","slug":"phone-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/phone-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Phone Therapy:  How Well Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the new modalities for <a href=\"http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Distance Counseling<\/a> and Distance Psychotherapy is <i>phone<\/i> therapy.\u00c2\u00a0 Those who have used phone therapy &#8212; client and therapist, alike &#8212; report that it is convenient, time-saving (no to-the-office commute), AND effective!<\/p>\n<p>According to University of Cambridge researchers, phone therapy might be <strong>even-more effective<\/strong> than face-to-face <a href=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/phone-talking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-657 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 10px 5px;\" title=\"Phone Therapy\" alt=\"Phone Therapy, Tele-therapy, Tele-coaching\" src=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/phone-talking-300x191.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/phone-talking-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/phone-talking.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a>treatment.\u00c2\u00a0 These clinical experimenters compared the outcomes of more than 39,000 British adults, suffering from <a title=\"The Life Coach Dr., Dr. Marlene Shiple, Working with Anxiety and Fear\" href=\"http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach\/coaching-products\/fear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">anxiety disorder<\/a> and from moderate-to-mild <a title=\"The Life Coach Dr., Dr. Marlene Shiple, Dealing with Depression\" href=\"http:\/\/thelifecoachdr.com\/coach\/coaching-products\/depression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">depression<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 These were all adults who had been treated through England&#8217;s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies program.\u00c2\u00a0 This program is a national initiative whose purpose is to allow more people access to non-medical, low-intensity therapies.<\/p>\n<p>Findings were different <!--more-->for those with the most severe symptoms and those with moderate-to-mild symptoms.\u00c2\u00a0 For those with moderate-to-mild anxiety and depression, phone therapy was reported to have provided as much if not more benefit for recipients, when compared to counterparts who were given in-person therapy.\u00c2\u00a0 The study also showed telephone therapy to be less expensive a form of treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of phone therapy has recently been addressed by the American Psychological Association.\u00c2\u00a0 As conceptualized by APA staff member, Psychologist Ronald Palomares, Ph.D., &#8220;Telepsychology provides lots of avenues and venues to be able to make it easier and effective for our clients to obtain psychological services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the new modalities for Distance Counseling and Distance Psychotherapy is phone therapy.\u00c2\u00a0 Those who have used phone therapy &#8212; client and therapist, alike &#8212; report that it is convenient, time-saving (no to-the-office commute), AND effective! 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