On-Line Psychologist/Psychitrist/Clinical Professionals Can Help
Providing access to services should be first and foremost. The credentials to provide clinical work, whether it be a Bachelors, Masters or MD takes professional experience as well.
A clinician’s work guiding a person through their journey to obtain the skills that help them achieve their desired outcome has to be measurable. When it comes to billing the insurance carrier or government funding entity the case notes are needed. Since case notes need to be electronic, what prevents the case from going through the electronic format for therapy?
The use of electronic interaction, especially when distance makes interaction even more difficult to access services, will only improve more folks dealing with the issues or when they may be in need of a stabilizing force.
Being able to access an interaction with another person is what individuals need when there is not a danger to themselves or others. The use of the telephone, which can be recorded, and definitely the computer for recording an interaction, provides solid back up and documentation of what occurred in a session.
Further, assessment tools online quickly find strengths and weaknesses of an individual and can be more easily accessed with no time constraints. How effective is the in-person face-to-face vs. the electronic face-to-face? What type of interaction is a telephone interaction between a clinician and the individual? Is the verbal interaction or an email between two individuals a physical interaction? I would challenge each of us to think yes. People react emotionally to email and telephone calls every day.
In the world of insurance what is the definition of a face-to-face? The requirement of physical space for the person to attend to get therapy is no longer the only means to provide mental health services. Change is coming, are you ready? The licensing of clinics needs to be reviewed in light of this new approach and adopted.
