Bangkok Counselling Service Sala Som Silom 10/6 Convent road Silom, Bangrak Bangkok 10500

Bangkok Counselling Service

Online Counselling

Bangkok Counselling Service Online counseling is available to clients where practical and possible. There are some therapies that are not as well suited to online counselling though if you are unable to access another service we can start online and see how it is and if it can work for you. There are some conditions where we do not offer online counselling these are some diagnosed menthal health conditions as well as those with issues around safety. . In these cases in person appointments at Sala Som will be better suited.

Online counselling is the term used for a number of counselling methods, where the client and therapist are not meeting in the same room for their therapy sessions. There are a number of reasons why people may choose on line counselling rather than in person appointments. These include for example, living in a remote area where it is not possible to meet in person, or living in a country where it is difficult to find a counsellor offering counselling in your own language. It may also be issues about access for people with disabilities and/ or where travelling to your therapist is difficult. For some clients talking about a difficult topic such as sex can cause anxiety and stop the client accessing counselling. Online counselling can help overcome these and many more issues that stop people coming for face to face counselling. There are a few different types of online counselling some of which are no longer offered such as messaging chat and email are nolinger offered at Bagnkok Counselling Service as they are more time consuming and loose the opportunity for developing a therpauitic allowance between Client and therapist.

Video Call/ Online meetings

This form of online counselling happens in real time where you meet with your counsellor using a video chat platform such as Zoom, Microsoift Teams or Google Meet. This allows you to use a webcam to see your therapist and speak and hear normally. Bangkok Counhselling Service used Google Meet as the prefered platform. This method is useful for clients who move around a lot or find it difficult to locate a therapist in their local area. The advantages is that it happens in real time and you have the same one hour appointment as you would with in person appointments.

This model works when the following in in place:

You are in a private room where you will not be interupted by others.
You are able to use your device phone tablet laptop or PC you don;t need to download any appliciation as we will send you a link to join the 'Google Meet' meeting to speak to your therapist.
You need a stable internet connection either wifi or data service.
Connecting headphones helps with sound quality prrevents feedback and or hearing your own voice with talking.

This is is not an effective model to use when you are

At the airport, or traveling on public transport or by taxi.
At an Internet cafe, Hotel business suite, or co-working space
Outdoors, at the beach, or a park or any location where there is a possibility of interaction with other people and or where there is alot of noise.
With other people inc your partner, family members, friends, or colleagues, regardless whether you know the other people or not.
If you are caring for another person, a parent, a sick family member or a baby.
A pet that needs attention

Bangkok Counselling Service offers online counselling by counsellors trained to provide online counselling and you will receive the same high standard of support that is offered in our consulting rooms in Bangkok. Video call/ online counselling is the only alternative to meeting in person though it is not available in every situation (as mentioned above) so if requesting online counselling is not a guarentee that we will be able to offer an online appointment.

If you would like to book an online assessment session please click the book appointment button below complete the google form that opens in a seperate window to request an online appointment. You are welcome to email any questions you have to click here that you would like answered before booking an initial appointment.