One of my specializations is working with clients who experience anxiety. Anxiety can be experienced in feelings of worry, nervousness or dread. For many people who deal with anxiety, going to new places and meeting new people feels terrifying. This is often a barrier to seeking counseling or therapy. Clients tell me that they thought about going to counseling for their anxiety long before they reached out. Once they are in therapy and experiencing their anxiety decrease, they lament how they wish they would have come to therapy sooner. Teletherapy can make taking that first step much easier! Distance Counseling allows you to pick the comfortable, private place for your virtual therapy session. Rather than driving to a new part of town, navigating parking, finding a new office and meeting a new person all at once, you’re able to just log on from the comfort of your safe place and say hello! One uncomfortable new thing versus many; this helps to decrease the dread of starting counseling. Telemental health has allowed many clients who avoided therapy for a long time to jump in and try. Clients are reporting decreased anxiety in anticipating that first session as well as a high degree of convenience for the location and scheduling of Teletherapy. If you’ve been experiencing feelings of anxiety and have been curious to see if counseling can help, consider Telemental Health as an effective, confidential and comfortable alternative to traditional in-person therapy.