After doing and teaching psychotherapy for many years, I'm finding it harder and harder to define it. Certainly there are many disadvantages to the lack of face-to-face cues in online text therapy. But there are some advantages also - like the "disinhibition" effect. Here's a section of my online book devoted to psychotherapy in cyberspace. Perhaps you will find it helpful: http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/therintro.html
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