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I highly doubt the problems people have who attend online Psychotherapy are the same as the face-to-face interactions. Not to discredit any patients (at all) but it takes a different type of person to get analyzed in person than it does via the Internet.



In this case the people were randomly assigned to either face-to-face or internet counselling, in order to prevent that bias having an effect.


it takes a different type of person to get analyzed in person than it does via the Internet

Can you elaborate on that?


This sounds like online counseling, not actual psychotherapy. But subjects were randomly assigned so shouldn't be any self-selection bias going on.




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