While the number of Internet mental-health services are growing rapidly, there's still no solid evidence that good therapy can be done online, experts say. A lot of concern remains about doing online therapy because we don't have the research yet to show it's safe and effective. I think what's going on is not therapy, it's education,'' says psychologist John Grohol, an online mental-health pioneer from Austin, Texas. According to Grohal, the Web has an estimated 12,000 mental-health sites. It remains to be seen whether this is a viable relationship in and of itself, or if it's only an adjunct to a real-world therapist.
Confidentiality is a major concern about such services provided online.
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