When Do Purchased Internet or Telephone Services Cross the Line From Helpful General Information to a Therapeutic Relationship?
Dr. Sterling reserves the terms E-Therapy and Telephone Therapy for a series of ongoing communications with you about your personal growth. • Not all purchased consultations from Dr. Sterling are made with the intent to enter into ongoing therapy. • Most people first purchase e-mail, Internet chat, or a telephone session to obtain an answer to a specific question that is troubling them and to find out if Dr. Sterling can be of further assistance. They may then pursue such questions and discussions further or they may feel that they have gotten the information they needed from just a few interactions with Dr. Sterling. • Relationship counseling and caregiver support generally do not constitute ongoing treatment because they focus much more on psycho-education and information than on individual therapy. • If you do not pursue mental health care information much further than a few questions and answers, such a brief interaction is not viewed as ongoing E-Therapy. • When you begin to engag
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