02/17/2025
Virtual therapy gives you a lot more freedom and flexibility about how and where you have your sessions. To help make the most of your session time, you might consider some steps you can take to prepare for your session.
1. Ensure you’re in a safe and private space where you can speak freely. This might mean scheduling appointments for a time when you’ll be home, or if you’re on the road, this might mean pulling over to a nearby parking lot for the duration of your session. ✨
2. Wherever you are for your session, you get to decide what you have available to you to best support yourself in your journey. You might want to get into your comfiest sweats, keep your pet nearby, make your favourite tea—and don’t fo tissues! Do whatever you need to make yourself comfy 🥰
3. Your video call links become active up to 8 hours ahead of your session start time giving you lots of time to test it out early and ensure that your technology is working fine. When you click on the join session link a new window will pop up where you can preview and configure your audio, camera, and mic settings, and even select a background filter if you’d like! 🔊
4. Therapy sessions offer you the time, space and support to really check in with yourself and how you’re doing. After session’s over, we often go back to our busy lives and endless to-do lists. Keeping a journal or your notes app nearby during your session can be a helpful way to track important insights that come up during therapy sessions. 📝
5. It’s normal to feel emotionally tender, or tired after a session. You might consider how you can support and nourish yourself to facilitate your integration process. This might mean taking a moment before session to get grounded you’ve had a busy day, and maybe giving yourself a moment after session to move your body, have some water and regroup before getting back to your routine. ❤️
What else helps you prepare for virtual sessions?