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Therapy by text message?
Dr. Richard Grossman:
LOL! OK then. U can be the therapist and I’ll be the patient. I always luv it when my patients say they are now emotionally healthier than I, so now it’s time to switch roles.
+ I know u’d make a great therapist, Hops!
R.
sunblue:
Hmmm. Oh okay. If I can't get therapy texting how about "T Doc on Demand" via smartphone app of course!! Or maybe FaceTime!! 😊
lighter:
I don't know......
I think I would have gotten as much out of texting, maybe more, with a T I really liked and trusted.
It wouldn't have worked with a stranger, IMO, and in one way it would have improved the sessions where I saw T's look stricken bc they felt helpless, unable to provide answers, and frightened for me, which left me feeling worse. Text would have removed that aspect. Also, I could have revisited the session as needed.
How do you feel about skype and phone sessions, Doc?
Lighter
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi lighter,
I do phone/Skype sessions with long-term patients who have moved out of town. They know me as a person and can imagine sitting in the office with me both during sessions and between sessions. My presence is already in their brain wiring, as is theirs in mine. I have also had sessions with my patients while either they and/or I were on vacation. I have never begun therapy with anyone via phone/Skype—although I did, long ago, say to one or two people: “If you want to come to see me in Brookline for a few consecutive one-a-day sessions, we can consider whether phone therapy would work.”
As I’ve said many times, the most important factor in choosing a therapist is who the therapist is as a human being. Personally, I would rather work with a therapist via phone or Skype if they were the “right kind” of human being, than one, in person, who wasn’t. And sadly, for me as a patient, the right kind of human being was impossible to find in the Boston area—and working/teaching at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and elsewhere, I met plenty! So, to sum it up, yes, phone/Skype would be good enough if the “right kind” of human being were on the other end of the “line.”
Richard
Dr. Richard Grossman:
Hi tt,
Welcome back! I’m so sorry to hear about your health issues!
Unfortunately, I don’t understand your question, perhaps because I wasn’t specific enough. If a person is searching for another special human being with important qualities—intelligence (emotional and otherwise), empathy, caring, openness, authenticity, freedom from dogma, etc., etc., in order to make them feel less alone in the world, who is going to persecute her/him for political incorrectness? Please say more so I can understand…
But, most importantly, take care, and if there’s any way the Board can help with the health issues by lending an ear…(You’ve certainly heard about my health issues and helped me!)
Richard
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