ABSTRACT
This chapter presents and examines text-based clinical material provided by a media-savvy colleague with the consent of the patient. This sequence of SMS messages occurred in the context of the patient’s work-related absence at the same time as her therapist’s vacation. Dealing with the new electronic media to exploit their potential and usefulness for psychotherapy leads quickly to a polarization between supporters and opponents, both set in their positions. Conversational framing activities must be distinguished from relatively stable frame-formats of a message that are independent from a particular interaction. In addition to frame sizes, conversation analysis and cognition research alike know the meta-concept of schema. Schemas represent different types of knowledge, from simple shape formats to complex knowledge. Schemas can link with one another. The activation of schemata affects memory and visualization of certain stocks of knowledge and experience. There is a historical precedent for text-based therapy in telephone therapy.
