ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the gap between angry, contemptuous responses from psychotherapists who hear about video psychotherapy, usually without experiencing it, and the abundance of clinical and research testimonies, indicating that its results are just as good as those of face-to-face meetings. There are many types of signals and pieces of environmental information that the patient perceives consciously and unconsciously and attributes to his therapist during the clinical session, which are neutralized or significantly reduced when the session is held by video. The familiarization with the therapist’s body language, is partial and gradual due to the mediation of the screen is less. Throughout the history of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, the physical therapy room is perceived as a significant basis for a therapeutic setting and is experienced as a symbolic container for the patient’s inner world. Video therapy simultaneously encourages transferential aspects that are characteristic of “two-person psychology”, due to the fact that technical cooperation between the therapist and patient is required.
