This book explores the current developments and future implications of psychotherapeutic theories, research methodologies, and practices in this rapidly advancing digital economy. It was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling.

Introduction: Can AI replace not only therapists and romantic partners but the selves we once knew? 1. Looking and listening in online therapy 2. ‘The shaping force of technology in psychotherapy’ 3. AI, automation and psychotherapy – A proposed model for losses and gains in the automated therapeutic encounter 4. Virtual reality and screen relations in clinical practice – exploring co-creation, inclusivity and exclusivity 5. Moving-sensing-feeling bodies clamouring for contact in on-line therapy groups 6. Connecting in a remote world: Psychotherapy & counselling students’ experiences of remote teaching and learning 7. Virtual parent–infant psychotherapy is impactful and accessible for mothers and babies attending a community perinatal service 8. Schrödinger’s cat goes online: Exploring the psychopathology of digital life 9. The agentic role of psychotherapy in retaining human connection in the age of technology: A response paper 10. Digitally mediated psychotherapy: Intimacy, distance, and connection in virtual therapeutic spaces 11. To the screen, and beyond