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What is Online Therapeutic Consultation?

Online Therapeutic Consultation is a new and exciting way to seek and to receive professional guidance and support without the inconvenience of scheduling and attending face-to-face sessions with a therapist. All exchanges between you and your therapist take place via e-mail, telephone, video, or online chat, allowing you to remain in the comfort of your own home while you work with a therapist. E-mail exchanges let you enjoy the freedom of contacting your therapist whenever you want to and from wherever you happen to be at the time.  Your therapist will respond to your e-mail within 24 hours, and you are free to then continue the dialog if you wish.  Online, telephone, and video chats with your therapist are scheduled in advance.

What types of concerns are suited for Online Therapeutic Consultation?

Many life issues are ideal for Online Therapeutic Consultation. These include, but are not limited to:

• Stress management
• Work/life balance
• Job dissatisfaction
• Gay/lesbian and coming out issues
• Relationship challenges
• Finding your purpose
• Exploring your spirituality
• Living with Loss
• Feeling anxious
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Low energy
• Feeling down or depressed
• Having trouble saying “no”
• Losing your Pet
• Menopause, Midlife and other Life Transitions
• Improving self-esteem
• Divorce
• Family relationship issues
• Coping with chronic illness or pain.

As you can see, many issues can be addressed through Online Therapeutic Consultation! And you can discuss with your therapist any other concerns or issues that you wish to address through Online Therapeutic Consultation.

What are the limitations of Online Therapeutic Consultation?

There are certain issues that are not suited for Online Therapeutic Consultation. These include the following:

• Crisis situations that require immediate attention.
• If you are currently feeling like harming or killing yourself.
• If you self-injure (cutting, burning, hitting yourself).
• If you have been hospitalized for any mental health issue during the past year.
• If you currently feel like harming someone else.
• If you have been ordered to seek counseling or psychotherapy for legal
  reasons.

Is Online Therapy Confidential?

E-mail exchanges and online chat are with Dr. Evelo are both conducted through an independent website that is privacy secured, in accordance with requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA.    That website, lifestreamsonline.com, also confidentially stores all client records, as well as logs of all email exchanges.

Unfortunately, telephone and video sessions cannot be guaranteed to be confidential.  Both telephone and video communications are susceptible to outside access; therefore clients who wish to utilize either of these venues for therapy should be aware of this risk to their confidentiality.

It is also important to note that privacy of your own home or office e-mail and online accounts cannot be protected by Dr. Evelo  in any way; therefore, it is strongly suggested that you protect your privacy by maintaining confidential passwords for your own e-mail and online accounts.

How Do I Get to lifestreamsonline.com from Here?

Simply locate the page “Lifestreamsonline” within this website.  You will find there a log-in page for lifestreamsonline.com.  If you just want to check out the site, enter the username “leslieclient” and the password “trial.”  You can then browse through the various resources that are available to Dr. Evelo’s clients.  To join, simply click “Join” on the left sidebar; there is no fee to join Lifestreamsonline.com.   Returning clients can simply enter their existing usernames and passwords to be directed to their private accounts.