Facts to know about the secured online counselling

Online counselling is actually a new mode of therapy and being a relatively new process for a lot of people this has raised a few concerns. In this article we are going to present you a few concerns that need to be remembered while dealing with the online counselling in the UK.

The first thing is how can you make sure that the person is actually a counsellor and s/he is not faking it? The answer is that a lot of counsellors are members of different organizations and you can verify by contacting those particular organizations. If you are not sure where to find a therapist then you can check out the details. There are a lot of people who call themselves counsellors by making an attempt to “fix” your problems, but they are not certified professionals.

You need to know that a professional and ethical counsellor will know exactly what type of therapeutic sessions will be suitable for the different clients and at the same time they can make sure whether a client is suitable for secure online therapy. A proper counselling really helps in the formation of a strong bond between a child with his/her parents. By enquiring how a child is comfortable in the counselling sessions, it will be a lot easier for the parents to broach the issues in which the child requires help. It also depicts how much a child is able to share its emotions with its parents, and thus it makes them comfortable enough to bring out the issues and discuss in a secure open forum.

It must be remembered that in case of secure online counselling, the counsellors need to address certain issues for the protection of the privacy of client. For instance, SSL needs to be implemented for protecting the information that is passed between the client and the counsellor. The personal details of the client must be kept separately from any other counselling records so that in any situation, the privacy of a client is never compromised. And in case of the clients, you need to make sure that the login credentials like the password or the username is kept secure which is known only by you. At the same time you need to ensure that the online counselling session is not observed by others if you are not willing to.

The process of writing down feelings and thoughts is really powerful and for a lot of people this can help them in focusing on the thoughts and concerns that they really want to portray. The online interaction will also help you with the option of reflecting, re-reading and rewriting the communications along with the counsellor which makes it easier to follow and act accordingly. This provides an immense support for depicting your problems with ease because while writing, a part of our mind is focused on expressing our feelings without embarrassment which may become a barrier at the time of a face to face interaction.