For over 30 years, in addition to both hospital- and office-based practice, Dr Wietfeldt has successfully used distance therapy via telephone or videoconferencing to deliver caring and effective counseling and psychotherapy.
Is there a difference between counseling and psychotherapy? Great question! Dr Wietfeldt has earned graduate degrees in both these disciplines of psychology.
While the two terms are often used interchangeably, on this site and in this practice, counseling is used for clients who have life stressors and challenges that are not in the realm of diagnosable mental disorders. Examples include a 19-year-old young man who is looking to find help in settling into a career path. Or a 63-year-old looking to retire successfully.
Psychotherapy, on the other hand, is a more specific term used in the treatment of patients who have one or another condition, such as Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, or any of the 300 or so conditions defined in the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual (DSM-V), which guides Psychological and Psychiatric diagnoses.
Clients and patients alike love telepsychology!
The research (in addition to decades of personal anecdotal evidence) clearly supports the notion that doing counseling or psychotherapy remotely is just as effective as traditional in-person sessions.
Individuals love the ability to have a session at home, at the office, in their car, or on a walk.
Doing sessions via telepsychology means no extra fuss.
It means not having to fight traffic, not paying for the travel to appointments and from appointments in either gas or time.
For most people, this means their appointment fits seamlessly into the rest of their schedule giving maximum convenience for individuals with busy lives. Less stress is clearly a good thing!
It means you get to experience professional results from a place that you choose that is comfortable and convenient for your life.
Whether you are struggling in life with debilitating symptoms or need someone to help you overcome something that is holding you back from living the life you want.
Perhaps you are doing quite okay but want to have an annual psychological check up. We do it for our teeth and bodies, and it makes sense to do it for our minds and our relationships. Think of it as Preventive Psychology. Avoid a larger problem from developing in the first place.
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