With the advent of online credit card systems, phone, chatroom and email counseling become viable options for those seeking help who would otherwise not have the time or means to engage in what is known as traditional counseling. Online methods of counseling are less costly than traditional counseling primarily due to lower overhead expenses for the counselor. This helps to make counseling more readily available to those in need. Limitations on counseling imposed by insurers have prevented many individuals from obtaining the assistance they require. The lower cost of online counseling is partial remedy. Drawbacks to online counseling do exist. The absence of direct human contact is sometimes disorienting for clients. Experience teaches that this is usually only temporary but it is mentioned, here, so that clients are aware of such issue. Further, the ability/inability and willingness/unwillingness of a client to express thoughts clearly through electronic media and in appropriate detail has a decided effect on the outcome of any therapeutic relationship between the counselor and client. Detailed disclosure is essential in getting the best response from a counselor. Failure to express fully may result in less than optimal response and may not afford clients the insight they truly need to resolve their issues. Phone counseling rates are: $125.00 for the initial set up which consists of 30 minutes for intake information and 60 minutes of counseling. Additional time is purchased in 30 minute blocks at $45.00 per block. To enroll, please scroll to bottom of page. Secure Chatroom Rates are: $55.00 per hour Minimum 1 hour $30.00 per 1/2 hour block after the first hour. To enroll, please scroll to bottom of page. | I encourage all clients to feel safe and secure in their communications with me. Our work together is shared with no one without written consent. I make no judgements about the information clients provide. Our work together is for the purpose of sorting through the data and exploring ways to make sense of it and make it work for the benefit, rather than the detriment, of you, the client. In this regard, it is essential that you, as a client, feel free to openly discuss matters of traumatic experience, abuses, sex and sexuality, relationships with others, etc. You will find that my background is based in a lifelong practice of compassion, concern, and care.
Some of the areas covered in phone, chat, and email counseling are: Crisis Counseling, Codependency/ACA, Divorce/Dissolution, Couples Issues, Family Issues, Employment Issues, Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Issues, Grief/Loss, Men's Issues, Multicultural Issues, Parenting, Self Esteem/Personal Growth, Addiction, Trauma Recovery (abuse), Chronic Illness, Terminally Ill, and Spiritual Crisis. The primary focus of all counseling with Dr. Paul is based on the understanding brought about through his extensive research and study of thought addiction. Email counseling rates are: $30.00 for 1 mail $55.00 for 2 mails $80.00 for 3 mails Discounts only apply to pre-purchased packages. Additional mails outside of packages are billed at the higher single rate. To enroll, please scroll to bottom of page. |