Psychological therapy, understood in its most classical sense, is carried out, in most cases, in a well-defined environment for each patient; this environment is called the setting, and is the set of rules and customs that govern the relationship between patient and therapist.

The setting is, in reality, both a mental and physical space delimited, for example, by the location where the therapy takes place, the time, the day, the payment methods, the nature of contact between patient and therapist outside of sessions, and other factors that may or may not be part of the relationship.

There online psychology, on the other hand, refers to psychological therapy that takes place remotely, specifically online, and largely follows the same rules as in-person therapy. The substantial difference lies in the lack of physical presence in the therapeutic relationship.

Also, do online psychology means holding the meeting in a virtual space (internet) identified in the Setting Onlineand it is supported and made possible by a tool other than the therapist’s office, a “new” tool: the cell phone, the computer or the tablet.

The evolution of traditional psychotherapy, of the traditional therapeutic setting, is today a consolidated reality; online psychology opens a new door to our therapist’s office. The epochal change that psychotherapists, and not only them, have had to face in the last year has erased decades of skepticism about the effectiveness of online psychology.