Videochat therapy is OK as a stopgap, and it saves travel time, but it puts a barrier between the person and the therapist. If the patient doesn't need that bar

Videochat therapy is OK as a stopgap, and it saves travel time, but it puts a barrier between the person and the therapist. If the patient doesn't need that barrier to go to therapy in the first place, then that distance may make the therapy less effective.