Kristina Derro
\nVeterans Disability Lawyer<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD<\/a>) is an all too common condition for soldiers returning home after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u00a0 Many veterans choose to seek counseling to cope with this and other effects of their service overseas.<\/p>\n Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> (VA) began a program by which these therapy sessions are conducted over the internet.\u00a0 The veterans can see and interact with their counselor through a video-chat program such as Skype<\/a> or Cisco Jabber.<\/a><\/p>\n In the long term, veterans using this \u201cSkype therapy\u201d progressed at the same rate as veterans receiving traditional face-to-face therapy.\u00a0 Traditional therapy is never going away \u2013 but this new online therapy is only going to get bigger.<\/p>\n Of course, there can be technical problems with online therapy such as pixilation, choppiness, and freezing.\u00a0 If the internet connection is lost, that will end the session.\u00a0 In one case, a study found that a therapist (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kristina Derro Veterans Disability Lawyer Unfortunately, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an all too common condition for soldiers returning home after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u00a0 Many veterans choose to seek counseling to cope with this and other effects of…<\/span><\/p>\n