Copyright 1995-2001 Martha Ainsworth. But it definitely can be therapeutic. Naturally, everyone wants to compare e-therapy to traditional psychotherapy. Therapists can provide only a small amount of help via the Internet an amount so small that everyone, without exception, agrees that these online interactions are not therapy .
Many people find it very helpful to talk with a therapist online.
Because it helps. Even though this is not therapy , quite obviously it can be therapeutic. Therapists can t provide full-fledged psychotherapy online, but they can provide something that is, apparently, very helpful. Many people have been helped, some profoundly, by talking with therapists over the Internet. How it helps, what is the best way to help, and how you can be assured of getting appropriate help, are matters still being explored.