TELE-THERAPY
In response to the unprecedented health phenomenon, our team of therapists offer tele-therapy—confidential, secure, HIPAA-compliant online counseling to ensure physical safety. We connect and conduct our sessions via your computer, tablet, or smartphone, from the privacy of your home.
We recognize some clients’ hesitance in participating in tele-therapy, with concerns over the loss of the personal interaction. Numerous scientific studies have shown that tele-therapy is just as effective as face-to-face therapy, with higher retention rates, while also increasing access to care. Studies have also shown that tele-therapy delivered by video conference is effective for depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder. Tele-therapy has been particularly helpful to individuals healing from PTSD. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had conducted numerous trials comparing PTSD interventions delivered face-to-face, compared to video conferencing. The study found that the two methods were equally effective in the majority of the cases.
Tele-therapy is an invaluable option to ensure you can continue your path towards wellness, as we look ahead towards the future, with the hope to continue your journey with you, face-to-face, once it is safe.
HOW DOES TELE-THERAPY WORK?
Tele-therapy sessions can be held virtually anywhere, with three crucial components: a device which supports video conferencing (computer, tablet, smartphone), a reliable, stable internet connection, and a private, quiet, comfortable location. Client confidentiality is a priority for us; Regulus Counseling utilizes a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform.
Once you have been accepted as a client, your clinician will send you an invitation to join our secure video conferencing platform, via email. Once you have accepted the invitation, you will need to download the application onto your device. After downloading the application, you will need to create an account, in which you will be able to conveniently exchange secure, encrypted, HIPAA-compliant communications with your clinician (video sessions, messages, and voicemails).
Your clinician will also send you an invitation, via email, to create an account on a secure, HIPAA-compliant client portal. Once you have created your account, your clinician will send you a new client packet, via the client portal, prior to your scheduled appointment.
The new client documents include:
• Adult Intake Form
• Clinician Disclosure Form
• HIPAA Privacy Policy
• Insurance Information
• Credit Card Authorization Form
• Telehealth Consent Form
• Release of Information Form
(optional at time of intake appointment)
• Other pertinent documents
All documents must be filled out in completion, signed, and returned to your clinician at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled appointment; otherwise, you will not be seen.
Tele-therapy sessions will be conducted through our video conferencing platform. Only your clinician can initiate the call to you. We recommend that you be logged in a few minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time, to accept the video call.
SECURE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
Electronic communications with Regulus Counseling and your clinician will be exchanged through our HIPAA-compliant platform, in which messages, texts, and voicemails will all be secure, encrypted, and HIPAA-compliant. Please note that the platform does not offer secure email. We will not respond to emails from this platform, for client protection.
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Trauma
Traumatic events are the events which make you believe that your life is in imminent danger of serious injury or losing your life; these terrible events include accidents, assaults, or natural disasters. Individuals who have endured trauma may experience shock and denial; longer-term reactions can include unpredictable emotions, flashbacks, strained relationships, and physical symptoms. These feelings are normal, but some people may have difficulty moving forward. Our clinicians are specialized in working with survivors of trauma, navigating those emotions as we find the path, together, with constructive tools in managing these emotions. [Learn More]
Work and Organizational Stress
We have all experienced stress in our profession, adversely affecting both work and family life. These challenges may seem overwhelming, but you can regain control. You have the power to reorganize your life to reprioritize what is most important, to regain balance. Our clinicians can guide your path in discovering insights into alternative perspectives to re-evaluate, re-energize and re-engage. [Learn More]
New and First Generation Americans
We are experienced in working with new- and first-generation Americans in the unique, and at times, difficult circumstances they experience: assimilating to American (or Western) culture, while also remaining true to their traditions; re-establishing roots in a new environment with vastly different customs and traditions, while finding suitable employment; or balancing particular pressures from a family with traditional values and expectations, with remaining true to their aspirations and selves. [Learn More]
Anxiety, Depression, Life Stress
Life can be demanding, causing additional stress and uncertainty, which can lead to anxiety or depression, compounded to daily, general stresses. We believe in the strength each person possesses, and their capability to harness that strength to overcome adversity, to actively create positive change. [Learn More]
Men's Issues
Men and women can experience mental health difficulties, where there are noticeable differences between the issues affecting them, particularly the factors which may influence those issues. Men’s issues can often originate from societal expectations and traditional gender roles, which may cause increased pressure and stresses, with an internalized ideation that he must: be the primary financial provider, display traditional “masculine” traits (strength, control)—leading to the reliance only on himself (rather than seeking help or speaking openly about his emotions). [Learn More]
LGBTQIA+
One community of people we hope to empower is the LGTBQIA+ community. The LGBTAQIA+ community faces unique circumstances many people may never understand. There is an exponential risk for a variety of mental health conditions among this population, as a result of discrimination, bullying, violence, marginalization, heterosexism/cisgenderism, and homophobia, biphobia, and/or transphobia, rather than any factor inherent to identifying as an LGBTQIA+-identified individual. [Learn More]
Adjustments and Life Transitions
Life is fluid with changes and transitions, as we travel a road with alternate paths. Each path marking a hallmark in life: a first job, transitioning into a new career, earning a retirement; falling in love, building a life, family, and partnership with that person. With the fluidity of life, changes are inevitable with the path we chose, or because of uncontrollable circumstance imposed on us: our jobs are no longer challenging and we are no longer fulfilled, or we are laid off; we drift and diverge away from our partner, or our lifetime partner passes. Yet, with an end of one journey, begins another.[Learn More]
Grief and Loss
Unfortunately, in life's journey, we will experience loss. The grieving process is natural and unique to each person, experiencing emotions such as sadness, disbelief, or anger. These emotions are normal, and it takes time to process the impact of the intensity of the loss. The best thing for you to do in the process, is to allow yourself to grieve. As grieving is a process, the time for each person will vary, but with each passing day, the pain will become less severe. An important part of the grieving process is to express your feelings, which will help you to work through the pain. [Learn More]
Adolescents
We believe that, for adolescents to develop in good health, they must be equipped with the right tools, engaging and giving them opportunities to develop life skills and to make conscientious choices. Our approach is to provide a supportive environment to facilitate meaningful participation, where adolescents can be empowered to develop constructive problem-solving skills and self-confidence to improve and maintain their health and wellness. [Learn More]