Reaching out across the virtual divide: An empirical review of text-based therapeutic online relationships

D'Arcy J. Reynolds; Terry Hanley; Markus Wolf

doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-204-4.ch006

Reaching out across the virtual divide: An empirical review of text-based therapeutic online relationships

D'Arcy J. Reynolds, Terry Hanley, Markus Wolf

Manchester Institute of Education

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Text-based online therapy interventions have been used for more than a decade, but no comprehensive review of the effects on the alliance have been conducted. The authors have collected all of the empirical articles published up to December 2008 (n = 12) that examine the alliance of text-based online therapy. These studies involved a total of 574 clients who were treated by 18 therapists through various psychological interventions for a variety of problems. When compared to the face-to-face relationships (7 studies), participants in text based forms of online therapy mostly reported similar (3 studies) or stronger (2 studies) alliance ratings. The findings of this review suggest that online text therapists are able to meaningfully connect with their clients. Limitations of the findings and future research are discussed. © 2012, IGI Global.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Online Guidance and Counseling: Toward Effectively Applying Technology\|Online Guid. and Counseling: Toward Effectively Applying Technol.
Place of Publication	Pennsylvania
Publisher	IGI Press
Pages	64-90
Number of pages	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-204-4.ch006
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Reynolds, DAJ, Hanley, T & Wolf, M 2012, Reaching out across the virtual divide: An empirical review of text-based therapeutic online relationships. in Online Guidance and Counseling: Toward Effectively Applying Technology|Online Guid. and Counseling: Toward Effectively Applying Technol.. IGI Press, Pennsylvania, pp. 64-90. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-204-4.ch006

Reaching out across the virtual divide: An empirical review of text-based therapeutic online relationships. / Reynolds, D'Arcy J.; Hanley, Terry; Wolf, Markus.
Online Guidance and Counseling: Toward Effectively Applying Technology|Online Guid. and Counseling: Toward Effectively Applying Technol.. Pennsylvania: IGI Press, 2012. p. 64-90.

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