We are not at a point yet where we can say that the online therapy services that are available for the time are equal in their quality to a traditional face to face, in-person therapy. Elias Aboujaoude More Quotes by Elias Aboujaoude More Quotes From Elias Aboujaoude I often tell my patients that if you're in an area where access to traditional therapy is limited, then online therapy may be a reasonable source of treatment for you, however, I also tell them that the best studies for online therapy have been in patients with mild to moderate symptoms. If it's somebody that had severe symptoms, be it of anxiety, depression, other conditions, then these are patients for whom I would really strongly recommend traditional therapy. Elias Aboujaoude health Within depression [and] suicidality, there is very little in terms of studies that show that online therapy is appropriate for somebody who is highly depressed, that is not someone who I would feel comfortable recommending online therapy for at this stage. Elias Aboujaoude health
