Telehealth and telepsychology offer increased access to therapy for individuals with physical, medical and/or mobility disabilities. Benefits include more flexible scheduling, access to therapy in native languages (e.g., American sign language) and other advantages. Types of services and answers to frequently asked questions are listed below for both consumers and practitioners who are considering telehealth or telepsychology.
Loneliness has been described as a common source of discomfort based on a subjective discrepancy between the actual and desired social situation. For some people this feeling may become a sustained state that is associated with a wide range of psychiatric and psychosocial problems. While there are few existing treatment protocols, interventions based on cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) have shown positive effects.
Understanding the importance of the mind and body connection was one of the most important goals early in my medical career. My interest in becoming a primary care provider was initiated by witnessing the necessity of practicing medicine within a biopsychosocial model of medicine to provide optimal health care and help address health disparities. During my family medicine residency, I had the amazing opportunity to co-train with clinical health psychology fellows training in a primary-care psychology program within a collaborative care model.