Rural Therapy?

[Raj]

Has anyone dealt with rural therapy issues. I am in Idaho and it is bad! I have to drive a couple hundred miles or get tele-psychiatry which nobody, including GP sixty miles away is working out. A local counselor wants to use my home to counsel me instead of an office so my family would be part of all of my sessions.

I see forums and any side effect benefits (calming effects) from my Topamax and Keppra as my only "medical" help.

Ideas? Maybe Online Therapy sight?

 

[Venusian]

Have you tried finding therapists that work on Skype? My therapist works with rural patients that can't drive to the city all the time to see her and she uses Skype quite often. I am not sure if she has to see them in person first before she would do full skype sessions or if they can all be done that way. It probably has a lot to do with the patient.

 

[Raj]

No I am disabled from my birth defect and these other wonderful issues. Do skype counselors deal with SSDI? Family and fixed income + rural area make it hard to get decent counseling especially in Rural Area.

 

[Venusian]

I know my therapist uses skype because a lot of her patients live in rural areas. I don't know where you live and I am not on disability but maybe there is someone like a social worker that may be able to help you find someone? Maybe your doctor could help you find someone or even just call the therapists office and ask. Try doing an internet search, many therapists offices have websites now and if they offer skype sessions they work on the computer and would be more likely to have a website.

I wish I could be more help. I hope you find someone.