Relationship Help and Counseling - Find a Therapist to see for counseling and therapy   Online counseling or eTherapy is a new way to 'see' a therapist. Use of the Internet allows us to make available therapists chosen from a large pool of expert licensed clinicians from various locations throughout the US. Busy schedules, difficulty with traveling to the therapist's office, fear of going out in public, privacy concerns, and 24 hour availability are only a few of the reasons given for using our e-therapy service.  Email Sessions After purchasing your email session, you compete your Pre-Session form which tells your therapist about you and your reasons for seeking therapy. Your therapist carefully reviews your Pre-Session form and responds to you by email with a well thought out answer within 48 hours. Our therapists spend approximately 30 minutes on their response to you.  This process is one email session.  With e-mail, much of the benefit for you will derive from the writing itself. Therapists often encourage clients to keep journals or write to help clarify and express their thoughts.  You may have a simple one-time question, or you may choose to use this as a way to establish a longer term relationship with a therapist. We provide a free, safe, secure email account for your email sessions here: Safe-Mail.Net  After your first session, you do not need to complete the form again. For continuing email sessions, you exchange emails with your therapist.  You may purchase a single email session or package sessions at discounted rates for continuing work with your therapist.  Private Online Chat and Phone Sessions Telephone and online chat offer additional options from which to choose. For those who have never tried chat, it's a very simple process. After purchasing a session and completing your Pre-Session form, you meet your therapist online here, in his/her "virtual office." You type a message to your therapist and he/she responds by typing back immediately, in real time. You do not need any special software. Simply click on the "Live Online" image in your therapist's Virtual Office and begin your chat session.  All sessions are scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. You may purchase one or more 60 minute chat sessions. Package discounted rates are also available for ongoing work with your therapist. Choosing our phone option means that after purchasing a session and completing your Pre-Session form, your therapist will call you at your appointment time, at a number you specify .  You will talk with your therapist for the amount of time you purchased. Online therapy may be a comfortable, convenient way for you to begin opening up to another person and trying out the idea of therapy, or you may already be familiar with therapy and choose this option for the added convenience and privacy it offers. Many people prefer etherapy to prevent having a mental health record with insurance companies. All of our therapists have passed our thorough screening process, are licensed or certified in their states, and are carefully selected to be part of our network based on their demonstrated professional excellence.  Our goal is to provide you, the consumer of mental health services, with another therapy option and to offer only the most expert therapeutic services available online. Fees: Fees are listed on each therapists' "Virtual Office." If you have any questions, contact our Customer Service online or call us at 1-866-450-3463. This service is not appropriate if you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, suffer from a severe mental illness, are in crisis or are under 18 years of age. We receive many requests for free online therapy.  Unfortunately, we are not able to provide this service.