The obvious advantage of online therapy is the convenience of not having to travel to our centre, which saves time and allows you the flexibility to see your therapist on your laptop or computer from the comfort of your home or other suitable venue of your choice.
You may be wondering, however, does online therapy work? Is it as effective as seeing your therapist in person? We have asked ourselves this same question. During the coronavirus pandemic all our work went online, and this created the conditions for a very interesting natural experiment.
At Tavistock Relationships, we research and evaluate all that we do. So, we did the same with the move to online working. Our results told us that online therapy was just as effective – in terms of improvements to couples’ relationships and to their wellbeing and mental health. People also told us that they were just as satisfied with their experience of our service online as people who had come in person.