Telephone, e-mail, text messages are some tools therapists use in order to communicate with patients. For systemic therapists even long distance communication implies a level of relationship in which relational and emotional elements also find expression. Technology can be an ally and therapists should use it in a professional and conscious way but the idea of building up a therapeutic setting entirely online, on the contrary, is dangerous: there is a risk of depersonalizing and disqualifying a process of care which, to be effective, needs a strong and specific personal relationship implying face-to-face contact.
Keywords: Online Psychotherapy; Relational Systemic Approach Online; Text Messages and Psychotherapy; E-mail and Psychotherapy; Clinical Case Online; Future of Psychotherapy.