I personally prefer this form of online counseling as a private chat. It can be carried out in messengers: WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram. Some clients will find it closer and more comfortable to communicate on social networks - on VKontakte, Facebook, Odnoklassniki. This is like a kind of continuation of communication, which is familiar to them, safe, and technically verified for a long time, which is also important. The advantages of online chat are obvious: the client does not need to immediately “legalize”. For many, this is a painful moment, at least at the beginning of correspondence. Although, if the client’s social network account is real, and his real photo is posted on the account, this question is immediately dismissed. The second advantage is that when expressing thoughts in writing, a person may not immediately formulate sentences, there is time to think, and even correct what is written. In addition, the written form of presentation somehow disciplines, and in addition to liberation from pent-up internal energy, it also gives the opportunity to put your thoughts into words, and thereby, how to better understand yourself, to see the problem as if from the outside. Cost of consultation online is traditionally lower than communicating with a psychologist “live”. But times are changing, and now remote communication is becoming more relevant and in demand. Moreover, in a variety of areas, and not just in psychological practice. Therefore, the price is gradually being raised to the level of payment for a regular meeting. Payment for an online consultation is usually carried out by transferring money to the psychologist’s card. In most cases, this is a Sberbank card linked to its phone number. Considering that the vast majority of the population in our country have Sberbank cards, the payment process is also not labor-intensive and understandable. The psychologist and the client usually agree on the time of the online consultation in advance. But in emergency cases, when you need immediate “unscheduled” support from a specialist, you can write or call him, voicing your request for communication at a time that suits you. You can communicate by phone; for some this is a more preferable option. But here communication tariffs can “intervene” and complicate matters. If you and the psychologist have different telecom operators, different tariffs, or you do not live in the same city, you may have to pay extra for a long conversation. Here I am not considering a form of communication such as consultations via Skype, since this is a kind of imitation of an ordinary traditional consultation. In any case, the online form of communication with a psychologist removes the barriers of distance, helps to maintain anonymity if necessary, and is simply somehow familiar to us from communicating in correspondence with family and friends. And I believe that over time a psychologist will become the best for you a friend and a significant person who will always support and be there for you in difficult times. Just write to him! *All coincidences in the article are random, real facts and events have been changed. © Bogdanova Anzhelika, 2020. All rights reserved. Quoting/copying of this article (or part of it) is permitted with the obligatory indication of the author and source of citationINSTGR_LINK Yandex Zen: Cactus WhatsApp 89803928667