185 SelfWork: Zoom & Doom? Tips on Making Telemental Health Work For You
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re talking about telemental health. I asked lots of people about their experience and have some of the most recent research for you. I’d already investigated this because BetterHelp is a sponsor of SelfWork. But I dig into this even deeper because telemental health is being used exponentially more during this pandemic. And there are ways that you and your therapist can set it up for even better success -- I'll give you tips how!
Our listener email today is from someone who feels guilt that she’s pulling away from an enmeshed relationship with her parents – where it was her job to act as go-between. And although they made her life very comfortable and provided lots of valuable activities and experiences, it sounds like there was a price to pay.
Important Links:
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The governmental study in 2017 on telemental health
Article on "Zoom fatigue" found on Ted.com
Podcast on enmeshment/SelfWork
Blogpost on enmeshment/drmargaretrutherford.com
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| 0:00.0 | This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:13.0 | At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello and welcome or welcome back to self-work. This is Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a |
| 0:35.1 | clinical psychologist. I live in Fayeville, Arkansas and have done therapy there |
| 0:38.8 | for the last 25 years or so and I started self-work in order to reach those of you who might be already |
| 0:46.4 | interested in psychological and emotional issues, maybe even be in therapy yourself, or to those |
| 0:52.1 | of you who have been initially diagnosed with depression or anxiety |
| 0:56.2 | or having some relationship problems that just seem insurmountable and you're looking for answers or |
| 1:01.6 | actually I'm reaching out to a third group as well. |
| 1:05.0 | Maybe those of you who'd never darken the door of a therapist, but you're looking around for answers. |
| 1:10.0 | And you're willing to listen to a podcast by someone like me. I wanted to extend |
| 1:15.3 | the walls of my practice to all of you. So welcome to self-work. Today we're going to |
| 1:21.4 | be talking about telemental health. I asked lots of people |
| 1:25.1 | about their experience and have some of the most recent research for you as well. |
| 1:28.6 | I'd already investigated this because as some of you know who've been regular |
| 1:33.4 | listeners better help is a sponsor of self-work and better help is an online therapy |
| 1:37.8 | organization but I dug into this even deeper because Telemental Health is being used exponentially more during this pandemic. |
| 1:47.0 | You and your therapist, if you're using Telemental Health, can set it up for even better success, and I'll give you some tips how to do |
| 1:54.4 | that. Our listener email today is from someone who feels very guilty that she's |
| 1:59.8 | pulling away from an enmeshed relationship with her parents, where it was her job to act as a go-between. |
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