Interesting replies! We're all across the board on teletherapy.

I have some sessions that make teletherapy not too bad. For the most part, however, I'm finding it inadequate. It's not only that I can't feel the energy that I feel being in the same room, and it's not that I can only see her from the shoulders up. There are "bugs"...the color is off, it's bland. The true color of my therapist and of her office - and of my pdoc and her office - is flat. That is disturbing to me. Reminds of of TV's when I was a kid, when they'd have to be hand-tuned, and a half-broken TV had bad color.

For the most part audio is good, but I still have times when I can hear my own feedback. It gets embarrassing to keep asking T to move her speakers. So I just put up with the feedback, but it's very restrictive, in that I don't speak nearly as much. Occasionally her words drop out or fuzz, but that hasn't been too bad. The audio between my pdoc and I is excellent.

I'm really trying to make the best of teletherapy, but it's difficult and at times, really discouraging. I will say that we've come up with some new ways of doing therapy (the format, in general) that are helpful - that's the brightest spot in doing teletherapy.