[humanser] newly blind

[Vicky Winslow]

One of the problem areas to which Interpersonal Therapy is oriented is sudden disability or injury. I always like that this modality 
addressed the adjustment directly. I have never seen another therapeutic modality that directly addresses adaptation to a physical 
loss .

As to phone therapy, it makes me uncomfortable. Though it may appear so at first, I don't think that it is the same as our lack of 
vision in a face to face session. There is an intangible something present when two people engage in an in person  dialog that is 
missing over the phone. I think that the physical presence of a therapist allows us to pick up cues about a client that are missing 
over the phone and, in turn,  allows the client to feel supported.

Therapy over the phone and over the internet disturbs me. Sometimes, the act of a client getting out of the house and coming to a 
session is, in itself, therapeutic.


Vicky Winslow, LMSW