Depressed patients got better WITH texting. ..."It's harder to detect nuances, and distractions can be a problem, but all these are problems that are solvable. The most serious problem is that it is definitely easier to control things inside the therapy room. Part of what happens with online therapy is that the therapist loses some of his or her control.

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Depressed patients got better WITH texting. ..."It's harder to detect nuances, and distractions can be a problem, but all these are problems that are solvable. The most serious problem is that it is definitely easier to control things inside the therapy room. Part of what happens with online therapy is that the therapist loses some of his or her control.

Authors Bio:

One theme has run through my work for the past 40 plus years-- a desire to play a role in waking people up, raising their consciousness and empowering them.
I was the organizer founder of the Winter Brain, Optimal Functioning and Positive Psychology and StoryCon Meetings and president of Futurehealth, Inc., with interests in Positive Psychology as well as being involved in the field of biofeedback/neurofeedback since 1972.
see my more detailed bio, reflecting my work in biofeedback, here.

In 2003 I founded www.OpEdNews.com , where I've written over 1800 articles and have published over 100,000 other people's writings, with the goal of raising people's consciousness in political and activist ways.