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The use of videoconferencing in the provision of psychotherapy is a relatively new one, although it dates back to before developments in email and Internet chat. Historically, however, videoconferencing has been used for commercial, educational and medicinal purposes over the past 40 years or so. Early developments in videoconferencing grew out of a history of rapid growth in electronic forms of communication, which were originally analogue, and most recently digital. In the initial stages, the growth of videoconferencing communications was driven by commercial organizations, such as NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the USA. It only became used for telemedicine when individual practitioners began to utilize commercial-based equipment that was already available.
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Simpson, S. (2003). Video counselling and psychotherapy in practice. In: Technology in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-50015-0_7
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