Mascardo and Thompson represent a growing number of psychologists who had exclusively virtual practices even before the pandemic forced other practitioners into telehealth. Plus, she adds, a virtual practice can help increase access for many patients, reducing their worries about finding transportation and childcare, or other logistical concerns. “I knew there had to be a better way to use my time and still serve my clients,” says Mascardo, who spends much of her down time exploring the city and working on such projects as an e-course on how other psychologists can start a virtual practice of their own.įor Monica Lyn Thompson, PsyD, not having a “brick and mortar” presence for her Atlanta practice Therapy for Queer People of Color was “a no-brainer.” “I wanted to keep my overhead costs as low as possible as I built my practice,” she says.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has her holed up in her current European home base of Lisbon, Portugal, she typically travels full-time, seeing patients via videoconferencing just two days a week. Therese Mascardo, PsyD, used to spend four hours a day commuting between her Los Angeles home and the Orange County office of her practice Exploring Therapy.
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