Hannah Zeavin: The Distance Cure, A History of Teletherapy

Published: July 25, 2021, 8 p.m.

This week, we\u2019ll hear how distance has played a key role in psychotherapy \u2013 even before the pandemic. Starting with Freud\u2019s treatments by mail, to crisis hotlines, and now mobile phones and Zoom sessions, therapy has long existed outside the doctor\u2019s office.\xa0 Hannah Zeavin calls it teletherapy, and she explores its history in a new book \u201cThe Distance Cure\u201d.\xa0 On July 17, 2021, Zeavin talked to Adam Savage.