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Thinking about therapy
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My kids have used Teledoc. It’s like Zoom but with HIPPA in mind. In terms of online therapy, my kids tended to prefer in-person instead. I think it might just be a personal choice though.
Why do they prefer in-person? Did they say?
They prefer the personal connection you can build in-person. Also, one of them mentioned the lack of ability for the counselor to be able to read body language in a video call as well as they could in-person
That's good to know. I'll show more of my body when talking and see if they do the same. I don't have an issue connecting with people over the internet and almost prefer it.