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enough customers. But Mr.
Goldstein is undeterred.
"Electronics is obviously a far
different medium than face-to-
face counseling, and it provides
a real challenge for therapists,"
Mr. Goldstein said. "rm not say-
ing it's better or worse than tra-
ditional therapy; a lot depends
on the person and the problem.
I'm just saying it's different."
Mr. Goldstein, who said he is
"very interested" in psychology
on the Internet and has "a cou-
ple of projects in the
works," declared that
it's "long past time
that psychology got
its head out of the
sand."
'We have to realize
that more and more
people are interested
in useful information
we can provide fairly
easily rather than
long-term therapy.
The overwhelming
majority of issues
people have are not
serious enough to bring them
into a traditional therapy rela-
tionship.
"Yet these are complicated
times we live in," Mr. Goldstein
continued. "It used to be people
had extensive support networks
to help out, but those good
neighbors, relatives and friends
don't exist anymore for a lot
of us. Telephone- and Internet-
based services can fill that
gap."
Ms. Maheu noted certain ad-
vantages to electronic counsel-
ing, beyond the fact that it is
significantly cheaper than tra-
ditional therapy.
"For housebound people, this
could be a real plus; and for
some people who are uncom-
fortable talking face to face or in
a group setting, e-mail can get
beyond that barrier," she said.
"And people have time to care-
fully consider their responses
when they are typing them back
and forth."
But traditional therapy allows
a psychologist to learn a great
deal from body language and vi-
sual cues (such as tears and fa-
cial expressions) that are not
apparent electronically, Ms. Ma-
heu noted.
"Maybe if the Web develops
video and audio capabilities, we
could get the best of all worlds,"
Maheu said.
"I sit in my office and the cam-
era is in front of you at home
and we have a face-to-face ses-
sion that way. Something like
that might work.
"But, clearly, so much of this
remains up in the air."
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