Benefits to Teletherapy
Tele-therapy or Tele-health is the use of information and communication technologies to deliver health-related services through the internet over a secure HIPAA compliant video conferencing when the provider and client are in different physical locations.
Does Teletherapy work?
The answer is YES!
Tele-therapy sessions are just as effective as in person sessions AND clients overall were satisfied with their care. There is also research to back it up! Check out some of these articles for the American Occupational Therapy Association Journal.
https://research.aota.org/ajot/article/66/2/131/5636/Telehealth-Opportunities-in-Occupational-Therapy