via Big Think by Orion Jones
In a clinical trial of 62 patients diagnosed with moderate depression, individuals who received online psychotherapy were relieved of more symptoms than those who saw psychotherapists face-to-face. Surprisingly, those treated by correspondence also rated their treatment sessions as more personal.
“The treatment consisted of eight sessions with different established techniques that stem from cognitive behaviour therapy and could be carried out both orally and in writing. Patients treated online had to perform one predetermined written task per therapy unit – such as querying their own negative self-image. They were known to the therapist by name.”
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Hazel’s comment:
This was a small trial conducted a while ago. I could not find any follow up but found the idea interesting. I wonder if CBT online would have been better for me – I did not do very well with the six sessions from the NHS!
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