I haven’t seen my therapist IRL for almost three years and I know I’m not the only one taking my sessions from the couch. A small silver lining to months of stay-at-home orders was moving traditionally in-person activities to online spaces. Book clubs, market weekends and courses all began inhabiting the digital world, and while some things just can’t be replicated on a screen, your therapy session is not one.
In fact, remote psychotherapy made getting help more convenient and more accessible at a time when Covid was causing increased emotional suffering and placing unprecedented demands on mental health services. While it might have felt weird to begin with, teletherapy has so far outlasted the pandemic,
