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Phone Therapy
I hear you, Walk and Talk Therapy sounds AMAZING! But… it’s cold, man! (or woman as it may be)
I once signed myself up for a martial arts class. I've grown up with martial arts and wanted to challenge myself into doing more combative exercise rather than my usual gentle walk, run or swim. My husband and I were motivated, took to it well and I was enjoying being knocked and knocking people around, it felt playful and less like the cotton wool we so often wrap ourselves in. Broken nail, shake it off, black eye, she’ll be right. It was a relatively nice day, and we were happy to be outdoors in the fresh air, but I thought to ask the question “what happens if the weather is awful?”
Turns out, Arakan is all about being tough and training in all weathers. “Are you serious? This is Melbourne!” I genuinely didn’t believe the young student teacher. But he was 100% serious. Not even shelter from the rain let alone wind.
I'm only a phone call away
A part of me wishes I was that ‘tough’, the only girl of 5 children and a martial artist Dad, I so badly wanted to be that tough. I beat myself up for a long time about it, I told myself maybe one day I could be, I told myself that if it was a priority I could be. But I’ve now come to realise that it’s not a permanent state. I am 100% that tough, some days. And on other days, particularly around my bleed or a loved ones death anniversary, I’m not. I’m not, I don’t need to be, and I don’t want to be. Because part of being a woman and a therapist is being able to move with the ebb and flow of my being and her cycles up through powerful warrior, and down to fragile cocoon, nurturing the next emergence of being.
Whilst Walk & Talk is my preferred mode of therapy for its many benefits, and Home Visits is a close follow up as in person is always best, I can’t count the amount of times a phone call to someone who truly cares and listens has saved my ass. So that’s what I offer my clients. If for any reason, Walk & Talk is not preferred on any given day, and a home visit isn’t possible, I’m only a phone call away.
Why not a video call
I know many people either swear by video call or at the very least don’t think anything of it. But for myself, staring at a pixelated version of your face looking not quite back at me, you from your square window box and me from mine… Something simply feels off about it. I haven’t fully unpacked this in myself yet, other than knowing it doesn’t feel right. If your preference is video call, I have many amazing peers I can refer you to who do not share my feelings and instead share that they get a more connected experience with their clients as they can see the nuances of body language.
Maybe I’m just old school, but I still remember twisting the phone cord around my finger and being fully Intune and fixed on my friends on the other end of the line. That’s the kind of connection I need for phone therapy, not sitting awkwardly in a computer box and not being able to twist in my chair or pace up and down the house. Let’s test the length of the phone cord, let’s get it tangled while we untangle our consciousness.
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Book a free introductory call
If you’re considering therapy with me, the next step is to book a free introductory call.
This call is a no-pressure way of getting to know each other a little. You can ask questions, get a feel for how I work, and see whether we are a good fit for each other. Therapy is a relationship, and fit matters.