# Online (video) therapy: effectiveness and safety compared with in-person therapy

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> For most diagnoses, video therapy produces the same outcomes as in-person therapy. This is not the finding of a single study, but a shared finding across m

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# Online (video) therapy: effectiveness and safety compared with in-person therapy

September 11, 2026Recent Articles

For most diagnoses, video therapy produces the same outcomes as in-person therapy. This is not the finding of a single study, but a shared finding across multiple meta-analyses and randomized controlled trials.

🧠 Teletherapy is individual psychotherapy delivered via a real-time video connection, with exactly the same therapist and therapeutic approach as an in-person session. It is not a self-guided app or an artificial intelligence chatbot.

Video therapy was not inferior to in-person therapy for depression in a review of 11 randomized trials, for generalized anxiety disorder in a multicenter study of 148 participants (remission rates of 68% versus 57%), and for post-traumatic stress disorder. A review of eighteen studies also found no difference in the therapeutic alliance from either the patient's or the therapist's perspective. The safety picture calls for more caution: serious harms are rarely reported, but reporting is inconsistent, so definitive conclusions cannot yet be drawn for every diagnosis.

✅ In practice, what makes the difference is not the screen, but preparation: a therapist whose license has been verified, a secure platform, a crisis plan discussed in advance, and a private setting. In situations such as active suicide risk or an initial assessment, the physician may prefer an in-person consultation; this reflects clinical caution, not a gap in the evidence. In an emergency or when there is an active suicide risk, call 112 · ALO 183.

Sources: Giovanetti ve ark. (2022) · Bouchard ve ark. (2022) · Seuling ve ark. (2024) · Greenwood ve ark. (2022) · VA Evidence Synthesis Program (2022) · Lin ve ark. (2025)

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