Each chap really is, in a way, its own micro universe, where they do overlap in certain ways. I think the new interpretation of these things is what actually matters. We've kind of laid out a pretty long arc. You know, started with freud, and now we're in a much later time, people are playing with computers. And so it's all part of a long story about failure in an the predominantly american mental health system, but not only usa.
Hannah Zeavin, lecturer in the department of History and member of the executive committees of both the Center for New Media and the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society at University of California, Berkeley, talks about her book, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy, with Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel. The book tracks the history of teletherapy, which Zeavin defines as therapeutic interaction over distance, and its metamorphosis from a model of cure to one of contingent help. The book starts with letters sent through the mail and ends in our current coronavirus catastrophe. Zeavin and Vinsel also talk about the complexities and potential harms of going back fully in-person, including how it will negatively affect disabled people.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices