In response to the spread of COVID-19, and in particular our hard-hit community of New York City, Matt and Tribeca Therapy have transitioned to working entirely remotely via phone therapy sessions and video conferencing therapy sessions, including on Skype, Zoom, FaceTime and Google Hangouts, during COVID-19.

Self-isolation, stay-at-home orders and quarantine have meant helping Tribeca Therapy’s patients, whether individuals, couples, families, teens and kids, tolerate uncertainty and get through these scary and difficult times. Whether avoiding relationship conflicts during quarantine while trying to make time for the relationship (as well as some much-needed alone time), navigating living during the coronavirus while pregnant, or trying to parent and work at home while the kids are at home, New Yorkers are finding themselves having to adjust to a new reality very quickly. For everyone, we not only have to figure out how to live during COVID-19, but also find time to grieve the loss of the old routines and old ways of life, as well as create some new traditions (at least for now).

While Tribeca Therapy had offered remote therapy sessions previously, including phone and video chat couples therapy and phone and video conferencing family therapy, transitioning to doing therapy entirely remotely has understandably meant answering some questions from our patients about online therapy, particularly from those who typically visited us in our Downtown therapy offices. Is web-based therapy better than teletherapy? How do they both work? What is the difference? Is quarantine really a good time to start video conferencing couples therapy? As NYC online therapists, Matt and Tribeca Therapy are used to answering these questions, and also emphasize that, for now at least, teletherapy and online therapy are the best ways to stay healthy and inside during COVID-19, while also paying attention to emotional health.