Many of Keck's colleagues have mixed feelings about working online. Offering referrals and general information on the Internet might be helpful, says Leigh Jerome, PhD, who is helping develop online therapy guidelines for the American Psychological Association. But counseling a mentally disturbed person online is risky. Research is just starting. On the other hand, she adds, there can't be any research if there are no therapists online.
Somebody has to be first.
Barbara Burgower Hordern is a freelance writer based in Missouri City, Texas, a Houston suburb. Her work appears in publications ranging from Money to Biography to Ladies Home Journal. All rights reserved.