The Internet allows professionals to reach out and offer a wider range of affordable services to more consumers than ever before. The therapist is not only a direct provider of services in this new paradigm of the empowered client, but also the coach and consultant to the patient. This new role allows the professional to help the client be a more educated consumer of the growing set of resources available to them online. Historically, psychotherapists and psychiatrists have acted as the gatekeepers to mental health services. While this role changes marginally from decade to decade, most therapists act as the expert to guide the client to a successful resolution of their problems. No matter what the specific psychological orientation of the therapist is, whether a Freudian or a cognitive behavioural therapist, the professional nearly always takes the lead in guiding therapy, dispensing information about the specific disorder and acting as a conduit for additional support services in the community.