Regarding Telephone and Internet Therapy, Which of the Following Statements

question 121

Multiple Choice

Regarding telephone and Internet therapy, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Email counseling may not be completely confidential, since emails can be intercepted and misused.
• B) Research has shown telephone counseling helped people quit smoking, while Internet therapy benefitted people suffering from depression, social phobia, and panic disorder.
• C) The Internet makes it possible to create two-way audio-video links, and although it still lacks the close personal contact of face-to-face interaction, it removes many of the objections to doing therapy at a distance.
• D) Telephone and Internet therapists have to be credentialed and licensed just like face-to-face therapists.

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