The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy

by Hannah Zeavin

Psychotherapy across distance and time, from Freud's treatments by mail to crisis hotlines, radio call-ins, chatbots, and Zoom sessions.

Therapy has long understood itself as taking place in a room, with two (or more) people engaged in person-to-person conversation. And yet, starting with Freud's treatments by mail, psychotherapy has operated through multiple communication technologies and media. These have included advice columns, radio...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262045923
• ISBN13: 9780262045926
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"