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In person, the walk to the car gives you time to come back to yourself. Online, you close the laptop and the kitchen is right there. Those first ten minutes deserve a little planning.
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A therapy session can open up big feelings. When it ends on a screen, there is no journey home to let them settle before the next thing begins.
A short routine marks the end of the session, so the feelings stay with the session rather than following you into dinner or the next meeting.
I ask online clients to keep the ten minutes after a session free. It is often where the most useful thinking happens.
Samuel Kim, LPC, from the room
Some clients find it helps to say one thing to close the session before the call ends.
"The one thing I want to remember is..."
It gives the session a clear takeaway.
"I'm going to take a walk now."
Telling your therapist makes the plan more real.
"That was a lot today."
It is fine to name a heavy session out loud.
"Can we start there next week?"
A thread to pick up keeps the work moving.
This takes ten minutes and nothing more than you already have at home.
If you share your home, agree a signal with the people you live with, so they know when you are in a session and when you are ready to talk.
The session ends with the call. The care for yourself carries on.
All our therapists offer online sessions until 8 pm, anywhere in Wisconsin.
Online therapy works well for most people, but not for everyone. If you have no private space at home, or find screens hard, we can talk about in-person sessions instead.
You can also mix the two. Many clients come in person every few weeks and meet online in between.
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