Posted by pinkeye on May 2, 2005, at 14:08:20
In reply to Re: Thanks a lot everyone! and more ... » pinkeye, posted by whirlpool on May 2, 2005, at 14:03:11
I live in the US. My home country is India, so that is how I knew my T in India. I did a brief face to face therapy with him, and then continued via email for a lot longer period. Now I go to a US therapist regularly (face to face - once a week).
I don't think it is legal to start doing just email therapy to someone in the US. I think they may not agree to it without some form of initial face to face sessions, and after that they will only offer some support (minimal) over email.
Why did you do email therapy with your local T? Why didn't you go face to face? Would finding someone else (maybe of the same gender/older/younger) help you? Are you a woman or a male? Sometimes if you are a woman, opening up to a male T is more difficult.
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