[8-13] Activities of online counseling at medical site II
Presentation language：Japanese
The most basic form of counseling is in person. Through their dialogue with counselors, clients deepen their conversation with themselves. On the other hand, online counseling is a limited communication method as non-verbal message is not fully conveyed via online counseling, therefore it is used to supplement psychotherapy conducted in person.
In this study, I would like to suggest about how we can utilize the online counseling at the scene of reproductive technique. Therefore research was done about stress due to infertility at various stage of treatment and different period of treatment, and patients’ requests and points for improvement(their needs) toward conventional in person counseling.
As a result, it was acknowledged that the factor of “pain in therapeutic environment” indicated a significantly high level of stress at any stage of treatment. Also, it was discovered that the patients actually do not utilize the counseling due to lack of equipment and/or its price even though they tend to request it in regard of their anxiety and/or details of treatment. Therefore, based on result of the research, this study suggested occasions which online counseling can be useful.