A Peek Inside My Email Counselling Office: A Role Play

Today, you get to be a fly on the wall, and peek inside my email counselling office! Email counselling seems to inspire strong feelings. Most people I talk to are very intrigued. There are a few who have said: "that would NEVER work for me!"…

Communicating with your Counsellor Online: Ethical Concerns

Have you ever emailed your counsellor? What about your kid's teacher? Last fall, I took an eye-opening course on Cybercounselling. In the process, I gained a much clearer understanding of the ethical concerns associated with communicating…

Counselling by email: Does it really work?

(Spoiler alert ... counselling by email does work IF you can build a good relationship with your counsellor. After being challenged by a family member, here's the journey I took to demonstrate that!) As any parent of a teenager knows, if…