Email in low intensity CBT interventions

Abstract

(from the chapter) This chapter discusses the use of 'electronic mail' (email) as a tool in low intensity (LI) cognitive behavioral treatment interventions. It describes the traditional roles of email, including communication and administration, but also considers the clinical benefits of writing or typing one's thoughts as a way of facilitating psychotherapy, and will therefore be of interest to practitioners and administrators. This chapter defines email as asynchronous electronic mail. It does not discuss interventions that involve real-time messaging ('instant messaging', or 'chat'), although the combination of chat and email within interventions proffers practical and significant advantages over just one type of electronic communication. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)