Make a Mental Note

In this episode of the Make a Mental Note podcast, Jef Gazley, a psychotherapist and Distance Credentialed Counselor (D.C.C.) discusses issues and strategies in counseling people from a distance (e.g., videocounseling, e-mail). Give it a listen and find out why this episode is worthy of a mental note!  Get the show notes on the "Make a Mental Note" page at http://www.chrisquarto.com/ Click here to subscribe to the Make a Mental Note podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/make-a-mental-note/id1035476864?mt=2 Mental Notes: * Modern forms of distance counseling have been around since the 1990s. The suicide hotline, which has been around since the 1960s, was one of the earliest forms of distance counseling. * Early on critics denounced distance counseling because of inferior technology (e.g., videocounseling was not available so the therapist could not pick up on non-verbal cues of client). * Figuring out what a client needs and tailoring it to them is important. The therapist must judge whether distan