Online counselling with Anton Nikoloff

My online counselling service is designed to be easy. I am a professional counsellor who works both, face to face and online. My aim is to make it easy for people to get the help they need. Online counselling doesn't offer quite the same level of support, compared to face to face counselling, but it can be a way to start talking about concerns that could be difficult to discuss, face to face. To start » get in touch with « me.

Online counselling has the advantage that you can send me your questions at whatever time or day suits you and you don't have to spend time travelling to an appointment. I will never contact you unless you have invited that contact. You are not tied; you can ask for advice on a simple issue, or some answers on a more complex concern. This service is limited to e-mail at the moment but I'm open to other means of communication.

My aim is to enable people get the help they need and offer ideas and insights in a way that will help them make changes; the therapy is intended to be brief and solution focused. If you can think of any way that I could make it easier for me to help you, please » tell me « me.

Online counselling is a more reflective process; just by writing out your question you are gaining more understanding of your concerns. With the inevitable delays between responses there is more time for thinking and reflection and because we using a written format, you have a record of our work together. It's simple » start here «.

An advantage of online counselling is that there is a degree of anonymity. Face to face counselling provides less anonymity but more comfort, because another person is physically present as you tell your story. If you realize that having another person present is important to you, then it may be better for you to make an appointment to speak to a counsellor face to face.

My online website provides a safe setting for you to receive some help and our work will be kept confidential, unless I have some concerns about safety, (for you or others) or you ask me to pass on information. You have to be 18 years of age, or over, to use this service.

It is a requirement of the professional counselling body I belong to, that I keep a record of my counselling work. For more information about this » click here «.

If you don't want others to have access to our conversation then you need to ensure it is secure. With any online service there is a possibility of confidentiality being breached. If this is a major concern for you, then face to face counselling may be best.

You should receive a response to your question within 72 hours of paying the fee into my account. I will not respond to questions until the fee has been paid. I expect to spend about 45 minutes answering your question and my reply will be up to 500 words. I may e-mail you if I need more information before offering an answer, there will be no extra charge in that case. Additional questions about your concern, or others that you may have, and my responses will be on the same basis; a fee will need to be paid.

There is a possibility of e-mails not being received, or being directed to the wrong address. Thus it is important that replies and responses are acknowledged when received, so disruption can be minimized.

If I think that I cannot provide a satisfactory answer to your question, or I'm not competent to provide an answer, I will inform you of that and refund your money in full.

I order to help you I need some basic information about you, which you should include in your first e-mail; your screen name, your gender, approximate age, general physical locality (e.g. near Nelson). You should also tell me about the concerns you want help with. Whether this is something new, or an old problem and how it is affecting you, emotionally, psychologically and physically.

Counselling from a distance is different because I cannot see you, or your reactions, nor hear your tone of voice, which makes it more difficult for me to assess how you are responding or feeling. That means that I cannot assess your mental state as easily and so I need you to tell me how you are responding, how you are feeling, as well what you are thinking or doing. So you might write: I'm feeling sad and want to cry, or, I'm feeling happy now.

You could also use some expressive faces to show your feelings.

1) Pay for your question via PayPal or direct credit.
2) Write your question and e-mail it to » Anton Nikoloff «
3) Wait for my response.
4) If you have another question proceed through steps 1-3 again.