2020
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.591170
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Psychotherapy During COVID-19: How the Clinical Practice of Italian Psychotherapists Changed During the Pandemic

Abstract: Italy was one of the first countries to be significantly affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, determining a unique scenario for Italian psychotherapists to consider changing the modality in which they deliver treatment. The present study aimed at studying which factors related to psychotherapists and their clinical practice had a major role in predicting two main outcomes: (1) the rate of interrupted treatments during lockdown and (2) psychotherapists' satisfaction with the telepsychot… Show more

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“…Data collection began approximately 4 weeks after the start of the lockdown (April 4, 2020) and continued until May 10, 2020. Participants completed an online survey that was developed ad-hoc as part of a broader research project (see Boldrini et al, 2020). Recruitment was performed using the snowballing method.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Data collection began approximately 4 weeks after the start of the lockdown (April 4, 2020) and continued until May 10, 2020. Participants completed an online survey that was developed ad-hoc as part of a broader research project (see Boldrini et al, 2020). Recruitment was performed using the snowballing method.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, it is most likely that the transition to telepsychotherapy has been particularly challenging for clinicians with no previous experience of telepsychotherapy (Boldrini et al, 2020) and/or a strong preference for in-person treatment (Reay et al, 2020). Indeed, clinicians delivering telepsychotherapy have reported concerns about their ability to be authentically and emotionally connected to their clients, as well as their ability to be as effective as they would otherwise be in a traditional therapy setting (Aafjes-van Doorn et al, 2020;BĂ©kĂ©s and van Doorn, 2020;Messina and Löffler-Stastka, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nos estudos analisados sobre psicoterapia online, a videoconferĂȘncia foi a Tecnologia de Informação e Comunicação mais utilizada 4,5,6,7,8 . Pode-se pensar que a preferĂȘncia por chamadas de vĂ­deos se deve ao fato de que possibilita, de certo modo, a reprodução de um setting terapĂȘutico o mais parecido possĂ­vel com o presencial.…”
Section: Resultsunclassified
“…Indeed, studies on psychotherapists and COVID-19 investigated their relation with the online setting (e.g., Boldrini, Lomoriello, Del Corno, Lingiardi, & Salcuni, 2020;Farber, Ort, & Mayopoulos, 2020;Humer, Stippl, et al, 2020;Mac-Mullin, Jerry, & Cook, 2020;McBeath, du Plock, & Bager Charleson, 2020;Poletti et al, 2020), their fear of becoming infected with COVID-19 during psychotherapy in personal contact with relapses on their clinical activity Probst, Tagini et al, 2020), their role as informants on their patients' wellbeing (Probst, Humer, et al, 2020b).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%