New and old tools in psychotherapy: The use of technology for the integration of the traditional clinical treatments.

The proliferation of computer-mediatedcommunication has led to theexperimentation with these tools inpsychotherapy. This article examinesthe possible integration betweentraditional and new tools inpsychotherapy, showing pros and consof the use of technology. In particular,the article focuses on the concept ofe-therapy and the technology itrequires. An analysis of the mostfunctional tools and software nowavailable is also presented, with aparticular focus on shared hypermedia,new Internet tools in which differentusers who are simultaneously browsingthe Web can communicate and surftogether.