Patients, caregivers, and loved ones confronting, either directly or indirectly, chronic or life limiting illness as well as death and dying face many challenges related to: time utilization; care management; mobility and transportation; finances; shared decision making; and navigating the healthcare system. These and other challenges often turn into barriers to obtaining healthcare guidance and education, psycho-social support, therapeutic counseling, and spiritual comfort.
Online services provided through this web portal have been designed to provide the kind of assistance needed to deal with issues that arise during a health crisis. This is accomplished, in particular, through removing barriers associated with location and schedule conflicts that block facilitated communication with distant family members, connecting one to one with a licensed professional, attending seminars, and obtaining peer support through group participation.
As patients, caregivers, and loved ones we can experience feeling numb, ambivalent, and exhausted by the trials we are continually facing. Sometimes our emotions and thoughts become so overwhelming that we begin to feel and think in ways that make our healthcare problems even more burdensome. We may experience psychological states which can negatively impact our ability to confront other life challenges and the quality of our relationship to ourselves and others.
We can be driven to communicating, reacting and responding in ways that make us feel guilty or ashamed. What we say and do during a period of illness induced tension can produce a sense of estrangement preciously when we most want support from others; and, when we need to feel a sense of peace and equilibrium within ourselves. Common and specific psychological health and well-being related themes addressed through QoL online services include:
- Depression & Anxiety
- Ambivalence to life
- Emotional exhaustion
- Confusion & disorientation
- Isolation and estrangement
- Social stigmatization
- Relationship to self and others
- Effective communication
- Shared decision making
- Transition and change
- Stress management
- Guilt & Shame
- Grief & Loss
- Self-Identity
Stress induced states of mind and mood create issues with relating to ourselves and others. One way of effectively dealing with what is psychologically unwanted is through seeking counseling. Therapeutic sessions may include working individually with you, the patient, caregiver, or loved one; or sessions may take place with you as part of a couple or family with or without being in the context of a unit of care such as the patient/caregiver, or patient/family unit.
The online audio-video platform allows individuals, couples, and families to participate in services irrespective of their physical location. Patients and loved ones living apart in distant locations can conveniently connect into a professionally facilitated session for instance. Web based technology utilized on this site allows one the opportunity to communicate effectively working with a licensed professional counselor with peace of mind knowing they are relating within a HIPAA compliant online environment that is a private and secure platform.
Benefits of Online Psycho-Social Support Services
In addition to the obvious time management, convenience, and travel free benefits of participating in online services, there are secondary and equally important subtle benefits. These include an opportunity to integrate information shared and thoughts and feelings experienced during a counseling session, group participation, or webinar attendance. Moments after engaging, while still in a space and comfort of your own place of convenience, you can process insights, release feelings that were evoked, or be still without having to immediately leave the room to travel back home or to your office. Having time to sit and simply experience being, or briefly journal, or breath into feelings and sensations, allowing them to move through you, can facilitate the natural healing processes of the mind-body-spirit.
How It Works
Complete and submit all forms as part of the intake packet [click here]. You will be contacted within 24 hours after your payment processes to set up a time and date for an individual, couples, or a family counseling session. If you are interested in attending a webinar or participating in either an ongoing or time limited group, you will be informed of how and when you will be able to engage. You will receive a reminder email 24 hours before the scheduled appointment, meeting, or event.