ABC’s of Internet Mental Health Services


INTRODUCTION:
What is “e-therapy”?


  WHO’S LISTED HERE
  IF YOU’RE IN THERAPY
  IF YOU’RE IN CRISIS

THE ISSUES: What you need to know about e-therapy

  IS E-THERAPY FOR YOU?
  CHECK THE THERAPIST
  IS THIS THERAPY?
  IS IT ETHICAL?
  IS IT CONFIDENTIAL?
  IS IT EFFECTIVE?
  WHAT E-THERAPISTS DO
  HOW E-THERAPY WORKS
  FEES & PAYMENT
  LEGAL ISSUES

E-THERAPIST DIRECTORY:

  PRIVATE PRACTICES
  LARGE CLINICS
  MENTAL HEALTH ADVICE
  SPECIALISTS

  CONSUMER SURVEY
  E-THERAPY HISTORY
  NEWSROOM
  INFO FOR JOURNALISTS
  INFO FOR THERAPISTS
  ADD YOUR SITE
  CONTACT ME

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E-therapy Private Practices

These therapists work with you in an ongoing series of online conversations.    [more info...]

UPDATE: This list is up-to-date as of Feb. 2007.

Headworks - http://www.headworks.com/
Richard Sansbury, PhD. Psychologist, located in Bethesda, Maryland. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail. Secured communications available. Therapist provides personal private response, within 72 hours. Cost: US$60 per hour available in packages of 1, 3 or 4 hours. Credit card, check or MO.
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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Conscious Choices - http://www.cybertherapy.com/
Peter J. Chechele, M.A., MFT. Marriage, Family & Child Counselor, located in San Francisco, CA. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail, chat. Secured communications available. Therapist provides personal private response, within 48 hours. Cost: US$25.00 per e-mail reply or US$90 per hour chat; US$100 for 5 e-mails, US$200 for one month of unlimited e-mails. Credit card (secure form).
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more     Credential Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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Gary S. Stofle, LISW - http://members.aol.com/stofle/index.htm
Gary Stofle, LISW, CSWR. Psychotherapist located in Central Ohio. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by chat; e-mail between chat sessions. Therapist provides personal private response within 48 hours. Cost: US $75 per hour chat; $25 for e-mail between chat sessions. Credit card (PayPal secure form).
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more     Credential Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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The Problem Solvers @ TherapyAve.com - http://therapyave.com/
Judith Allen PhD. Marriage-family therapist located in Reno, Nevada. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing), Advice (one-question). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response within 24 hours. Cost: 1-30 Minute Email Session @ $35 each, 3-30 Minute Email Session @ $33 each, 4-30 Minute Email Session @ $32 each, 6-30 Minute Email Session @ $30 each, 8-30 Minute Email Session @ $28 each. Credit card (secure form).
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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Dear Shrink - http://www.wapsychiatry.com/
Ron Sterling, M.D., psychiatrist located in Seattle, WA. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing) (Washington State residents only); counseling, advice. Interaction by e-mail. Secured communications available. Therapist provides personal private response within 8-24 hours. Cost: US$25 per short e-mail exchange (15-20 min.); US$45 per long e-mail exchange (25-30 min.). Credit card (secure form).
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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Marriage Matters - http://www.marriagematters.com
Jacqueline Gay, MSW, ACSW, LCSW. Social worker counselor, located in Reno, NV. Therapist provides verifiable credential, no offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, within 48 hours. Cost: Initial evaluation US$60 individual, US$120 couple; US$60 per hour thereafter. One month unlimited e-mail US$250 individual, US$500 couple. Credit card (secure form).
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more      Credentials Check: pending

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Personal-Counselor - http://www.personal-counselor.com/
Laura S. Diallo, Ph.D. Psychologist, located in Bethesda, MD. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail, chat. Therapist provides personal private response, within 48 hours. Cost: US$90 per hour reading/writing e-mail. Credit card (PayPal secure form), online check, check or MO.
Meets all consumer safety criteria and more      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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Get Help Online - http://www.GetHelpOnline.org
Terry McNichols, M.S. Marriage-family therapist, located in Bellingham, WA. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing), Advice (one-question). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: US$50 per e-mail exchange, or US$150 for 4, or US$250 for one month unlimited e-mails. Credit card (PayPal secure form), check or MO.
Meets all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!

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Family Therapy Net - http://www.familytherapynet.com/
Jeffrey R. Greene, Ph.D., PCC. Psychologist, located in Pickerington, Ohio. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing), Advice (one-question). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, within 48 hours. Cost: US$100 for 5 e-mail exchanges. Check or MO.
Meets all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!      ISMHO member

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Gay Therapist Online - http://www.gaytherapistonline.com/
David Shannon, LICSW. Social worker, located in Minnesota. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info (no phone). E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail, chat. Therapist provides personal private response, within 24 hours. Cost negotiable: US$30-75 per e-mail exchange or chat. Credit card (PayPal secure form), check or MO.
Meets all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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Lauren E. Storck, Ph.D., CGP - http://psychologist-online.com/
Lauren E. Storck, Ph.D., CGP. Psychologist, located in Belmont, MA. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: US$75-150. Credit card (secure form).
Meets all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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CounselingNet - http://www.counselingnet.com/main.html
Donald A. Fava PhD, FPPR. Psychologist located in Lake Placid, New York. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by web messaging. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: US$35-45 per interaction. Credit card (PayPal secure form), online check, check or MO.
Meets all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!

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HelpYourselfTherapy.com - http://www.helpyourselftherapy.com/
Tony Schirtzinger, MSSW, CICSW. Social worker located in Milwaukee, WI. Therapist provides verifiable credential, no offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: 1st e-mail US$10 minimum. Credit card (secure form).
Meets all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!

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Bridge Counseling - http://www.bridgecounseling.com/
4 social workers, located in Georgetown, DE. Therapists provide verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail, chat, video. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: E-mail US$130 per month; chat US$90 per session; one email only US$30. Payment arrangements unknown. You must telephone to arrange a session.
Meets most but not all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!

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Netcounselors.com - http://www.netcounselors.com/
6 therapists, various locations. Therapists provide credential (no state given), no offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail, chat. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: $28-35 per e-mail exchange; chat costs vary per therapist. Credit card (secure form), electronic check. I am pretty sure the counselors are legitimate professionals (I know at least one of them), but there is not enough information for you to be able to verify it. It was probably an oversight. If you work with them, verify their credential and get some offline contact info.
Meets most but not all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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Counseling-Online.net - http://www.counseling-online.net/
Sandra Katz Porterfield, Ph.D. Psychologist, located in Boca Raton, FL. Therapist provides verifiable credential, no offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing), Advice (one-question). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, within 24 hours. Cost: US$35 per e-mail exchange, or $125 for 4. Credit card, arrangments unknown.
Meets most but not all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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Silent Partners - http://www.billhaddock.com/
Bill Haddock, Ph.D. (educational psychology) Licensed counselor, located in Bryan & College Station, Texas. Therapist provides verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response, time unknown. Cost: US$130 per 60 minutes of counselor's time--check out monetary arrangements with the counselor. Credit card (PayPal secure form), check or MO. Very detailed intake form asks for quite a lot of personal information you may be unwilling to provide on an unsecured form.
Meets most but not all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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American Counseling Institute - http://counselme.com
June Caldwell MFCC, Anne Clary MFCC, Christine Winkler PhD MFCC. Marriage-family therapists located in Redondo Beach, CA. Therapists provide verifiable credential, offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail. Therapist provides personal private response within 72 hours. Cost: unknown. Payment arrangements unknown.
Meets most but not all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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A Place To Talk - http://www.aplacetotalk.com/
Ethel Wagner, MS. Located in Pennsylvania. Therapist provides academic degree info (not credential), no offline contact info. E-therapy (ongoing). Interaction by e-mail, chat. Therapist provides personal private response within 48 hours. US$30 per e-mail, Telephone $55 per 45 minute chat. Credit card (PayPal secure form), check or MO.
Meets most but not all consumer-safety criteria      Credentials Check: pending

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The Samaritans - samaritans.htm (gateway from this site)
International organization of trained volunteer crisis counselors. International, numerous locations. Specializing in suicidal persons and those in crisis. Service available: ongoing e-mail interaction. Cost: free. You will normally receive a reply within 36 hours. Probably the largest online counseling project on the Internet (25,000 e-mail contacts in 1999), credited with much lifesaving work.
Special case      Credentials Check: Credentials Checked!

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