Not E-mail (Therapy)So, lately I have been getting a spate of looooong e-mails from people, describing in great detail their travails and sufferings and asking me to write back my opinion. Would you approach a psychotherapist like this? A life coach? Probably not. So, don’t approach me like this. I don’t get this. It’s like people who insist on using text messages to resolve difficult emotional issues. First of all, it doesn’t work. It’s like reaching out with a very long pole with a message on the end. What am I supposed to do with that? No. Send me an e-mail to set up an appointment, please. Ask me to call you even. Don’t send me an e-mail to describe and get solutions for all the issues in your life. It doesn’t work! It doesn’t help you! If it did, I would do that. Personal work requires personal contact. Live is best. Telephone can be useful if there is no other way. But not e-mail.  |
