Today, caregivers and therapists are increasingly confronted with the use of new media in their practice - a development that can no longer be ignored or reversed. Therefore, they must often grapple with their own skepticism and uncertainty regarding constant connectivity and consider how this affects children and adolescents who have been traumatized early on and have significant developmental impairments. Are these effects, as often feared, solely negative, or do they also offer new opportunities and chances for psychotherapeutic engagement? In both outpatient and inpatient therapies, smartphones, tablets, and constant internet access have become indispensable. Among psychoanalytic authors, critical voices regarding media prevail, expressing concern that this poses a significant risk to the identity development of individuals with weak egos.