What is TeleMental Health (Online) Therapy?

NMHS provides Telehealth Services to Residence of Wisconsin and Florida!

TeleMental Health is a service provided by a licensed clinical psychotherapist to provide support and behavioral health treatment over the internet. TeleMental Health, also known as online therapy, is therapy that is provided via medians such as video chat, online-chat, text-messaging, phone call and/or email. It is important to ensure that the therapist is licensed to practice psychotherapy in not only your state but also the state they reside in. TeleMental Health can be useful to those who are not able to leave their home, who live in remote or rural areas, who have limited mobility, people who struggle with traditional talk therapy and/or people who work long hours. 

6 Benefits of TeleMental Health:
1: Provides access to those who previously struggled to access a therapist in a traditional face-to-face setting.
2: Access a therapist in a setting you are comfortable in. Perhaps your home? The park? Anywhere where you can have a private conversation. 
3: More flexible than traditional face-to-face therapy. 
4:  Shown to be just as effective as traditional face-to-face therapy.
5: Saves time! Say goodbye to trying to get to your therapy session on time and dealing with transportation issues.
6: Erases the stigma of going to a traditional therapy office.