Email Counselling is a form of Writing Therapy with Professional
Support
Details of Email Exchange Service
EXCHANGE OF EMAILS
This service involves an exchange of emails -
one from you to me, describing your problem or concern; and one reply from me, providing analysis, interpretation, commentary
and advice, as appropriate. You
can order this service by paying via ClickBank (below). (Click one of the yellow-highlighted links, below).
Your email can be up to two pages long (A4 or Letter size pages), in 12
point type, using Verdana typeface, and leaving the margin settings as normal. This should be attached to a brief covering
email. (A4 size is the standard used on most word processors/printers, especially in Europe. Letter is the American
equivalent).
I will read your
email attachment, and comment at various points, giving my interpretations and comments, and any advice or guidance that
seems appropriate. The cost of this service, is $30 USD. (To convert this to any other currency, click here: for One session of Email Counselling.)
As
soon as you've booked your email counselling session, via ClickBank, you can write your email and
send it to Jim Byrne at ABC Coaching and Counselling Services.
I will normally give my detailed
and considered reply to your email within two or three working days.
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"Writing therapy is highly effective, compared with drug treatments, but the mechanism
by which writing therapy works is still unclear. It may just be that the opportunity to express a problem that has been
bottled up is curative in itself; or that it is the thinking through of a problem that has not previously been thoroughly
digested that produces the effect. Effective writing therapy seems to involve processing previously unprocessed negative
emotions, in a self-reflective way, and identifying causal links between elements of the story. It also normally involves
using more positive than negative words, and ending with a coping self-statement". Dr Jim Byrne, from the first
e-book on CENT counselling.
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INSIGHTS
INTO EMAIL EXCHANGES
AS A FORM OF THERAPY
According to the International Society for
Mental Health Online (ISMHO):
"... In the case of using email exchanges ..., you may feel more comfortable
writing about your problems than talking about them.
4. You may write about what is bothering you sooner than
you would talk about it. This can bring faster resolution to problems.
5. Writing may help you to think through
your problems and to get in touch with your emotions. It can bring focus, clarity, insight, and emotional relief.
6. You can read and re-read your emails, ..., thus achieving greater learning.
7. Writing enhances your relationship
with yourself. ..."
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Some additional points are made by
Susan Wallbank, talking about writing more generally:
"(Email) counselling allows the client an opportunity to express thoughts and feelings and explore issues
at the time when these are uppermost in their mind. (Emails) can be written at (a time of most convenience) and continued
over a period of days or weeks. The client determines the timing of their side of the contract. Putting words down on paper
often enables the writer to feel a sense of control over their situation and is often perceived as therapeutic in itself.
Knowing someone is there to receive, acknowledge and respond to (emails) can provide those moving through (painful or distressing
transitions) with a sense of security and provides a tangible opportunity to chart personal progress". Susan Wallbank,
in Palmer and McMahon (2000).
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"Writing therapy seems to be a viable option
for most people, but excluding people who are either: depressed, highly stressed, suffering from PTSD, or who have negative
associations with writing at school. It probably appeals most to people who enjoy writing, and who are self-reflective".
Dr Jim Byrne; from the first e-book on CENT counselling.
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If
you are not sure how to begin to write your email, you might find it helpful to read my Guidelines for Writing Theapy.
There are lots of testimonials from satsified
clients on the Unsolicited Client Testimonials
page. Here's an example:
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
Dear Jim! Thank you very much for your help with my problems with
shyness and social anxiety. Our work has helped me to gain important insights, and actually made me feel a little better in
a short amount of time. I know I need to 'work and practice, work and practice, work and practice'; and you have now clarified
for me what I need to work on, and how to do that work!" R.G., Denmark. (Exchange of four emails).
I will respond to the key points in your email with analysis, interpretations,
suggestions and action-oriented homework assignments. I might also send some handouts, or recommend some book or books
for you to read.
In other words, I will tell you what you can do that
will most likely solve your problem.
Click this link for One session of Email Counselling.
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To discuss this service, or to get additional information, please email Jim Byrne at ABC Coaching and Counselling Services.
Or phone me on:
44 1422 843 629 (from outside the
UK); or:
01422 843 629 (from inside the UK).
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