I’ve been meaning to reply to this for a while. I did Skype therapy for about 11 months during the pandemic. I hated not being in the same room as T at first, and kept asking when we’ll resume in person. Still, I think we had some of our best, most intimate and vulnerable sessions on Skype, so it wasn’t all bad. I think my anxiety came form not knowing if/when we’d go back to in person.

I’ve now been seeing T face to face for a year and a half and I wouldn’t go back to Skype sessions if the option of in person is there. I managed to catch Covid last week and we had to have a Skype session , which I actually found nostalgic and kind of nice.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that for me, video sessions are not the same as in person sessions. I felt like I needed to be in the same room as T for “deep” work to happen, but Skype sessions took me by surprise and managed to be better than I thought they’d be initially.