Technology enriched and boundaryless lives: time for a paradigm upgrade [Electronic Version]. The Counseling Psychologist

Computers and other communication technologies have irrevocably changed the nature of work, the workforce, and interpersonal relationships. This article suggests that these changes have resulted in a blurring of the distinction between life roles and an increase in feelings ofmeaningless and isolation. The authors argue that the dissolution of bound-aries between life roles and the emotional sequelae of the digitization of our culture sup-port a paradigm that reintegrates counseling and vocational psychology. Future coun-seling psychologists will be better equipped to provide services to clients whose lives are enriched and complicated by technology only if counseling psychology educators are able to provide them with the knowledge and skills to do so. The growth of information technologies during the past decade has changed the way we interact with our world. Recent estimates suggest that 150 million Americans regularly use the Internet and that 55,000 U.S. citi-zens join the online world everyday (UCLACenter for Communication Pol-icy, 2000). AlthoughWeb browsing and e-mail continue to be themost popu-lar online activities, Internet users report gathering information abou