How do you all feel about phone sessions in therapy? By "phone sessions" I mean scheduled full-length meetings that run like a normal therapy session except for the fact that it's a call (whether by phone or Skype or whatever other not-in-person platform), not a phone conversation that happens because of an emergency or crisis.

I've never done a phone session before, but my therapist just unexpectedly offered me the option--I'll be unable to make our usual appointments in person for a couple of weeks, and while in general he doesn't do therapy by phone, he considers the particular situation I'm in an exception to the rule and asked me if I wanted to. I'm contemplating it, but not sure yet. It seems appealing but also strange to me, and I feel like it might be pretty awkward and weird. Long pauses seem like they'd be especially strange in a phone session, for instance--but I know some people always do therapy by phone, so it can't be all bad.