Expert and accessible support with telephone divorce counseling

After the call: follow up and implement solutions

The session does not end when the call ends. The counselor will usually assign specific strategies or exercises for you to work on between sessions. These assignments will help you apply what you have learned in real life and accelerate the process of change.

Pros and Challenges: A Realistic Look at Telephone Divorce Counseling

Telephone divorce counseling, like any other method, has its own advantages and challenges, knowing them helps to make a smart choice.

Privacy in telephone counseling

Concern about privacy in telephone divorce counseling is completely natural and appropriate. Confidentiality is the cornerstone of any therapeutic relationship, and you must ensure that your sensitive conversations take place in a completely safe environment. Maintaining this privacy is a mutual responsibility between you and the counseling center.

1. Your responsibility: Creating a secure private bubble

Part of meeting security is in your own hands. To ensure privacy on your part, take these steps:

• Choose the right place: Choose a room or completely private space where you will be alone and no one will hear you. Avoid consulting in public places or in the presence of others.
• Using hands-free: This not only improves the sound quality, but also prevents the consultant's voice from spreading around you.
• Inform the people around you: Inform family members that you have an important and private call at a certain time and they should not disturb you.
• Avoid recording conversations: Recording counseling sessions without written permission and coordination with the counselor is both illegal and unethical and damages the trust in the therapeutic relationship.

2. Obligations of the consultant and accredited center: guarantee of confidentiality from our side

A professional and ethical counseling center has specific protocols to ensure your safety and privacy in telephone divorce counseling:

• Consultant Physical Space: Professionals and dedicated consultants conduct phone sessions just like face-to-face meetings, from a completely private and isolated office. You can be sure that no one else on the other end of the line is listening to your conversation.
• Digital security: accredited centers use secure phone lines or platforms to communicate. Your contact information and records are kept strictly confidential and in compliance with data protection standards.
• Ethical and legal obligation: Above all, the principle of confidentiality is a legal and ethical obligation for every psychologist and counselor. This commitment is not limited to face-to-face sessions and is followed with the same seriousness and responsibility in all telephone divorce counseling sessions. No information from the meetings will be given to any third party without your express and legal permission.

How to maximize the effectiveness of telephone divorce counseling?

To get the best results from your telephone divorce counseling sessions, follow a few tips:

• Create a safe place for yourself: Choose a place where you will be completely alone, comfortable and undisturbed.
• Use hands-free: This will both improve sound quality and ensure your privacy.
• Be fully present: Avoid doing other things like checking your mobile phone or working on the computer during the meeting. Give all your attention to the conversation.
• Express your feelings: Since the counselor cannot see your body language, it is important to express your feelings verbally. For example: "I feel a lump in my throat as I say this."

Finally, remember that geographical distance, busy work or the need for privacy should no longer be an obstacle to receiving professional support during one of the most difficult times of your life. It's your right to get help getting through a crisis. Picking up the phone and taking the first step can be the beginning of finding peace and creating a new and conscious chapter in your life.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is telephone divorce counseling as effective as face-to-face counseling?

Yes. Extensive research has shown that for many problems, especially in the field of conversation-oriented counseling, the effectiveness of distance therapy is not significantly different from face-to-face meetings. The success of the treatment depends more on the skill of the counselor and your commitment to the treatment process than on attendance or non-attendance.

2. What happens if the telephone connection is cut off during the divorce counseling session?

This is a common concern. Usually the consultant will contact you again immediately. It is better to coordinate with the center about this protocol from the beginning.

3. Is it possible to hold telephone divorce counseling sessions in a combination (telephone and face-to-face)?

Yes, this is a great option. Many centers provide the possibility that you can hold some meetings in person and others over the phone based on your conditions.