Posted by Dinah on January 7, 2005, at 20:07:32
In reply to Re: Why is e-therapy supposed to be second rate?, posted by alexandra_k on January 7, 2005, at 18:19:10
I had thought it was just considered to be different, not inferior. It's probably better in some ways, just like I express myself better on Babble than in person, and often use the words I use in posts to talk to my therapist. But then in other ways it would be not as good. Like I can't imagine therapy without *feeling* my therapist constantly.
Any time things are different, there are bound to be ways in which one is better and ways in which another is better. There's no saying which is better for any one person.
(I did an email consultation once and found the lack of real time interaction a drawback since I couldn't correct misconceptions and each e-mail was a "session" so misconceptions were hard to correct. But I've read files or reports from face-to-face consultants that left me scratching my head and saying "What the ....? as well, so that can happen in person. So can lying on the part of the client, etc.)
poster:Dinah
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