Benefits Of online Counseling
It Incorporates the Spiritual Life
The active prayer life of a client is the single biggest contributor for success in faith based counseling. Existing spiritual disciplines such as prayer and the sacraments are not only encouraged, they are actively incorporated and even at times required as a part of the clinical contract.
It is Anonymous and Discrete
Both the law and sound ethics require counseling services to be strictly confidential with very few exceptions.
It is Convenient
The convenience afforded by phone based sessions allows for much greater ease in fitting a session into an otherwise busy schedule.
It is Collaborative
At the discretion of the client, collaboration with other mentors, especially Spiritual Directors, is encouraged.
Individual Work
Perhaps the most important work a person can do for their vocation is to complete any ‘unfinished business’ from childhood, as this impacts the foundation upon which all further vocation and mission rests. This work includes the healing of wounds, the forgiveness of those who have injured or neglected us, the strengthening of one’s identity in what is good and true, and the integration of unhelpful emotional scripts set in place in early formation. These scripts, very common in most people, are often the reason we can say with St. Paul.
“I do not understand my own behavior; I do not act as I mean to, but I do things I hate.” – Romans 7:15
Common scripts in Western culture include perfectionism, self-criticism, affirmation seeking, conflict avoidance, the repression of emotions, compulsive thinking and behaviors, eating disorders, compulsive eating, many addictions, social anxiety, and various kinds of anger problems.
Marital Work
Marital couples typically seek out counseling for communication, conflict and intimacy problems. They might also be looking to fully reconcile and heal after a relational wound. It is very wise to be proactive with these types of problems as time almost never improves them and indeed, usually compounds them (much like putting off physical health issues or automotive problems). Unfinished work from childhood can also be the root of some marital problems.
Parenting Work
Parents often contact for counseling due to behavioral problems occurring with a child. While these problems are always addressed, the initial emphasis of most parent work is aimed at strengthening the relationship of the child to the parent (as St. John Bosco says in reference to wayward children, “If you can get them to love you, you can lead them anywhere”). Many behavior problems in children evaporate entirely once a child’s heart is reconnected to the parent.
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