Samenvatting

Many technological innovations – the internet, social media, challenges via TikTok, etc. – influence development at least as radically as 'invented ' interventions, such as behavioural therapy or EMDR. In contrast to therapeutic interventions, however, this is often not or hardly thought about and no responsibility is taken for it either. This is very remarkable. For example, with the rise of social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, maintaining physical friendships (e.g. between adolescents) has become increasingly competitive with maintaining virtual 'friendships '. As a result, young people have sometimes become addicted to virtual approval from "friends", and so they have come to live for their virtual "messages in a bottle". For some this stands in the way of school success, others know how to combine it. But to get a new therapy registered, there are countless ethical (and scientific) procedures to go through, while Big Tech companies can bring everything to market and count on a warm welcome: technology is cool and the future!