The 5 types of online psychological assistance

With the emergence of the coronavirus crisis, online psychotherapy has gained a lot of popularity both for the options that offers without having to leave home for professional help, such as for mental health problems associated with this crisis.

However, online psychology services are much more varied than it may seem, and they are not limited to the field of psychotherapy.

That is why in this article we will review the different types of psychological assistance through the Internet.

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Different types of services in online psychology

Let's see what are the advantages of being able to have online help, and all the services that a center Online psychology can offer both individuals and groups of people and Business.

1. Individualized online psychotherapy

This is the most demanded online psychological support modality, and also the best known. Fundamentally, it consists of a process of psychotherapy of several sessions and aimed at helping a patient to overcome a certain problem

, which may or may not be related to a psychological disorder.

In this sense, it is practically the same as the classic "go to the psychologist" performed in person, the only thing that changes is that professional and patient do not have to be in the same room thanks to the video calling technology that we have in the present. In addition, it has been shown that its effectiveness is that of face-to-face psychotherapy.

2. Assistance for couples and families

Another type of online psychology service is offered to families and couples with problems in their relationships.. Thus, distance psychological assistance helps people involved in dating or marriage relationships, or members of a family who may or may not live together. What it is about here is to help manage conflicts, repair possible grievances caused, train in assertiveness, give the keys to better distribute tasks, etc.

3. Online group psychology

This service is based on offering group sessions for people who go through similar situations. These "virtual spaces" in which several people participate (although in small groups) are ideal to share the follow-ups and learn from experiences of others without leaving home, to give mutual support, and to find inspiring examples and motivation in the face of certain problems: addictions, the death of a family member, etc.

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4. Online support coaching for work teams

This online psychology service is based on offer personalized help aimed at work teams in companies and organizations in general. It focuses on the need to adapt to the challenges of the ever-changing organizational and work environment, training professionals to be more efficient in the workplace through elements such as time management, the establishment of a good workflow, the management of potential distractors, etc.

All this adopting a global perspective that goes beyond each individual separately and takes into account the collective in teams and departments.

5. Online support coaching for team leaders and HR technicians

Finally, this other variant of online psychology service for companies intervenes on professionals with workers under their charge, or who must manage and structure the modes of work and communication in an organization.

Although it shares similarities with the services of the intervention form of the previous section, in this case more emphasis is placed on the development of soft skills related to leadership, the training of the workers themselves, the application of good communication and conflict resolution protocols, etc.

Ultimately, the role of decision-making agent for CEOs, department heads, and Resource experts is assumed. Humans and senior executives to lead to sound decisions from the middle and upper parts of the Organization chart; The objective is both to improve efficiency levels at a global level, taking into account the psychological variables of work, and to teach how to generate better organizational climates.

Do you want to have online psychological support?

If you are interested in any of these remote psychological intervention modalities, we invite you to contact us; on Psychology 360 we offer them all.

We are a team of psychologists with many years of experience and we have specialized in the modality of support remotely by video call, and we offer services to both individuals and companies at a very affordable price. competitive. Ask us without obligation or access our website.

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