ABSTRACT
The evolution and rapid development of telecommunications technology has transformed the way we communicate and transmit information in daily life. We commonly use mobile telephones for many activities, from conversing in person through voicemail or Short Message Service messages to watching television and surfing the Internet. The widespread use of the mobile telephone, coupled with increasingly sophisticated methods of electronic communication, like email, text messages, social media messaging and image sharing, powerfully affects the way we conduct our daily lives. Alongside developments which have replaced former methods of communication – such as email replacing letters, mobile phones replacing land-lines and, to some extent, Internet-based banking services replacing the use of cheques. In one, the therapist continued to exchange daily emails between sessions as a way of containing his client’s otherwise unmanageable feelings. During sessions this client felt debilitated by feelings of extreme shame that prevented him from talking about certain events in his life.
