What is epsychotherapy?

What we mean by epsychotherapy is the service offered to you by a professionally qualified psychotherapist using the Internet. It may be a one-off consultation, or an ongoing conversation by landline or VoIP; it could be by e-mail, or by Skype video link.

Our epsychotherapy services are a viable alternative source of help when traditional psychotherapy is not accessible. It's helpful. It's private. It's conducted by skilled, qualified, ethical professionals. For some people, it's the only way they can get help from a professional therapist.

epsychotherapy is not psychotherapy as such. It cannot be compared to traditional psychotherapy and is not a substitute for face-to-face psychotherapy. The therapeutic relationship between a psychotherapist and an individual is most effective by therapy sessions conducted in person. However, there may be circumstances where epsychotherapy may be useful. There are two different services available: Skype video consultations and dream interpretation.

What is an In Office consultation?

This service is for those individuals seeking established psychotherapy. It involves face-to-face psychotherapy with one of the therapists listed in our directory. Sessions last 50 minutes and take place in the therapist's private consulting rooms.

Before starting regular psychotherapy sessions, it is usual for the therapist and client to meet for an initial consultation. This provides an opportunity for the client to explore whether psychotherapy would be suitable for them and also to raise any questions they may have. Fees are agreed directly with the therapist.

Psychotherapy is usually an on-going process and is the treatment of choice for most psychological problems.

If you would like to find a psychotherapist with a view to starting psychotherapy, please browse our ePsychotherapist directory of therapists.

What is a Skype video consultation?

Skype Video Consultations offer a convenient and practical alternative when face-to-face therapy is not possible. It means you can consult a psychotherapist from wherever you are. All you need is a broadband connection and a webcam.

As with face-to-face psychotherapy, sessions last 50 minutes. After selecting a therapist from the directory, you can select skype video consultation option. You will then be directed to pay for the service. The chosen therapist will then send you a link for a Skype preconsultation form. The completed document is then sent by you directly to the therapist. The therapist will also suggest possible appointment times. The service may be used for one-off consultations or for on-going therapeutic work.

You can consult a therapist, from wherever you are and at a time that suits you.

What is dream interpretation?

Our Dream Interpretation Service offers a unique way to work with your dreams in depth, giving you access to a team of accredited professionals with experience and training in the Jungian tradition of interpreting the nature of dreams.

After selecting a therapist from the directory, you can select the Dream Interpretation service option. You will then be directed to pay for the service. The chosen therapist will then send you a link for a dream preconsultation form. The completed document is then sent by you directly to the therapist. The service may be used for one-off consultations or for on-going therapeutic work.

You can consult a therapist, from wherever you are and at a time that suits you.

Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychologist, by studying how his own life experiences affected him and shaped his own sense of himself, developed techniques which allowed him to help others to gain a better understanding of their own situations. A particular feature of Jungian psychotherapy is the exploration of dreams. For more information please visit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetypal_psychology

Whether you are curious to uncover the mystery of a recurrent dream for the first time or are looking to continue working in depth with dream interpretation ePsychotherapist provides an invaluable tool to do just that using e-mail and/or your web cam.

What is a typology test?

By taking the Jung Typology Test, http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm, you will discover your type formula along with a quantitative measure of each of the 4 criteria (strengths of the preferences)

Introversion and extroversion

Jung developed a personality typology that begins with the distinction between introversion and extroversion . Introverts are people who prefer their internal world of thoughts, feelings, fantasies, dreams, and so on, while extroverts prefer the external world of things and people and activities.

The functions

Whether we are introverts or extroverts, we need to deal with the world, inner and outer. And each of us has our preferred ways of dealing with it, ways we are comfortable with and good at. Jung suggests there are four basic ways, or functions :

The first is sensing . Sensing means what it says: getting information by means of the senses. A sensing person is good at looking and listening and generally getting to know the world. Jung called this one of the irrational functions, meaning that it involved perception rather than judging of information.

The second is thinking . Thinking means evaluating information or ideas rationally, logically. Jung called this a rational function, meaning that it involves decision making or judging, rather than simple intake of information.

The third is intuiting . Intuiting is a kind of perception that works outside of the usual conscious processes. It is irrational or perceptual, like sensing, but comes from the complex integration of large amounts of information, rather than simple seeing or hearing. Jung said it was like seeing around corners.

The fourth is feeling . Feeling, like thinking, is a matter of evaluating information, this time by weighing one's overall, emotional response. Jung calls it rational, obviously not in the usual sense of the word.