2022
DOI: 10.4081/ripppo.2022.638
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The transition to online psychotherapy during the pandemic: a qualitative study on patients’ perspectives

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially increased online psychotherapies due to the impossibility of participating in vis-a-vis settings. In the last years, research about online therapy has been quickly growing. However, until now, few studies investigated patients’ perspective about the transition to online psychotherapy and, specifically, no qualitative research in group therapy has been done on this topic. This study aimed to explore the experience of 51 patients (39 group patients and 12 from individual p… Show more

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“…These findings are especially important in the light of the growing evidence of the unique relational challenges group leaders face in virtual settings (Ben-David et al, 2021; Weinberg, 2020). The literature on virtual groups points to their fragmented, computer-mediated nature (Gibbs et al, 2017; Giordano et al, 2022; K. A. Kozlowski & Holmes, 2017; Wadsworth & Blanchard, 2015; Weinberg & Rolnick, 2019).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…These findings are especially important in the light of the growing evidence of the unique relational challenges group leaders face in virtual settings (Ben-David et al, 2021; Weinberg, 2020). The literature on virtual groups points to their fragmented, computer-mediated nature (Gibbs et al, 2017; Giordano et al, 2022; K. A. Kozlowski & Holmes, 2017; Wadsworth & Blanchard, 2015; Weinberg & Rolnick, 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Unsurprisingly, behaviors of group members in virtual settings may differ from those belonging to in-person groups (Gibbs et al, 2017; Wadsworth & Blanchard, 2015). Several studies reported that leaders of virtual groups experience the most difficulty with two types of challenging member behaviors (Ben-David et al, 2021; Giordano et al, 2022; K. A. Kozlowski & Holmes, 2017).…”
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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic period, various sectors have been pushed to transition to digital forms, including mental health services, due to physical contact restrictions to prevent COVID-19 transmission (Giordano, Ambrosiano, Graffeo, Caro, & Gullo, 2022). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has also introduced other stressors that trigger increased mental health issues such as excessive fear of contagion, job or business uncertainty, and several symptoms characterized by anxiety, post-traumatic stress (PTS) (Asmundson & Taylor, 2020).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In the first paper of this special issue Edelbluth and colleagues ( 2024 ) investigate the fundamental question of how different psychotherapy processes (therapeutic alliance, coping skills, and emotional involvement) change when switching from an in person face-to-face to a video format. Most of the studies that have dealt with this question are only qualitative in nature or had small sample sizes (e.g., Bechtold et al, 2023 ; Beck-Hiestermann et al, 2021 ; Giordano et al, 2022 ). In the present paper the authors report a study in which the intervention group ( n = 227) shifted from face-to-face psychotherapy to video therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the control group ( n = 227) was treated face-to-face before the pandemic.…”
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