This service is currently unavailable, due to technical/connectivity
problems... Please take a look at the Telephone Counselling page instead...
Counselling via Two Computers
Using voice only (VOIP)
Or with Voice and Webcam
COMPUTER AIDED VOICE AND/OR VISUAL COUNSELLING SERVICE
Hello and welcome. Now it is possible
to have a virtual ‘face-to-face’ meeting with Jim Byrne, over the internet, using a web-cam and voice-over-internet-protocol
(VOIP). The voice-over function is available via Windows Live Messenger, or AOL’s AIM, or via Skype.com,
and can be accessed by anybody who has a Net Passport, and the normal, free Windows Live Messenger software; free
Skype software; or similar.
You will also need a microphone and (preferably) headphones plugged into
your computer.
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According to the International Society
for Mental Health Online, the advantages of ‘online counselling’ include:
“1. You may feel freer
to be yourself online.
2. You may feel more comfortable receiving coaching, counselling or therapy in the privacy
of your home.
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8. You can contact your coach/counsellor by telephone,
thus maximizing ease of communication, but you do not have to present yourself in their office, or "look them in the
eye", which can be an advantage with problems that invoke a sense of embarrassment.
9. There are more coaches/therapists to choose from online. And it is also possible to see them "face-to-face"
by using video conferencing if you have a web camera.
10. You can email your coach/therapist any time of day,
and especially when you feel the need for help.
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12. While you can see your coach/counsellor
over a webcam, you do not need to be concerned that you will bump into them on the streets of your hometown tomorrow! So there
is greater anonymity.”
(For a list of some of the disadvantages of this form of counselling delivery, see
the ISMHO guidelines, here: ISMHO guidelines).
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To add visual contact, all you
need is a web-camera, connected to your computer. The cost of web cameras (or web-cams) is falling sharply, and one can be
bought online from a number of suppliers. (See in particular Logitech.com).
If you would like to consult Jim Byrne,
for coaching, counselling or therapy services, using video and/or voice contact, then thirty minutes of online video and/or
audio coaching/counselling costs $50.00 USD. (To convert this to any other currency, please check here: Thirty minutes of computer-aided counselling by visual or voice contact.)
Click the link in the previous line, which will take you to ClickBank,
where you can pay your fee. ClickBank will then send you to my Service Delivery page, which will
give you any further information you need, including how to contact me, and what information to send (e.g. you email address). I
will get back to you soon after your order arrives from ClickBank. (To contact me at any time, email Jim
Byrne).
Dr Jim Byrne
Coach/Counsellor/Therapist
Email: ABC Coaching and Counselling Services.
Or phone me on:
01422 843 629 (from
inside the UK); or
44 1422 843 629 (from
outside the UK).
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