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Editor's note: This piece discusses mental health issues. If you have experienced suicidal thoughts or have lost someone to suicide and want to seek help, you can contact the Crisis Text Line by texting "START" to 741-741 or call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. In life-threatening situations, call 911.
Online therapy has moved from a niche convenience to a mainstream model of mental health care. What began as a workaround during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a permanent fixture of how millions of people access support for anxiety, depression, and other conditions.
But as virtual care becomes the default for many, a fair question follows: does therapy delivered through a screen actually work as well as sitting in a clinician's office?
A growing body of research suggests the answer, for most people and most common conditions, is yes.
