Understanding psychoanalytic work online and back to the couch in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: an investigation among Italian psychoanalysts DOI Creative Commons

L. L. Reatto,

Andrzej Werbart, Osmano Oasi

и другие.

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

Worldwide, psychotherapists' clinical experience went through rapid developments with transition to teletherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature on use of remote psychoanalysis was not conclusive, leaving issue consequences necessary setting alternation open. This study aimed investigate psychoanalysts' experiences shifting work and then returning in-person setting, considering effect patients' attachment styles personality configurations.Seventy-one analysts Italian Psychoanalytic Society were asked fill out an online survey about patients who found easier it more difficult. General questions therapeutic work, ISTS (Interpretive Supportive Technique Scale) for interpretive supportive aspects technique, WAI-S-TR (Working Alliance Inventory-Short Revised-Therapist) alliance, RQ (Relationship Questionnaire) style, PMAI (Prototype Matching Anaclitic-Introjective Personality Configuration) configurations administered.All chose continue treatment using audio-visual tools. Patients difficult transitions had a significantly higher frequency insecure score Dismissing scale than easy transitions. No significant differences between two groups in configurations, psychotherapeutic technique. Moreover, level alliance positively correlated Secure negatively scale. both back scores alliances those setting.Online psychoanalytic therapy widely used greater difficulties adapting alternations, thus confirming that is vulnerability factor only psychopathological problems but also well-functioning collaboration. Patient's configuration did influence their adaptation alternation. The undergo changes from vice versa, suggesting continuity analysts' "internal setting."

Язык: Английский

The common ground in in-person and telehealth psychoanalysis: Some considerations from theory of technique and empirical research DOI Creative Commons
Alberto Stefana, Vera Békés, Katie Aafjes‐van Doorn

и другие.

International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 13

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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A little less magical, but much more convenient: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences with teletherapy compared to in-person psychotherapy DOI

Anna Shtrakhman,

Katie Aafjes‐van Doorn, Vera Békés

и другие.

Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 25

Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2025

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

0
It turned into something else: patients’ long-term experiences of transitions to or from telepsychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Camilla von Below,

Jenny Bergsten,

Therése Midbris

и другие.

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14

Опубликована: Май 12, 2023

Introduction The shift from in-person therapy to telepsychotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic was unprepared for, sudden, and inevitable. This study explored patients’ long-term experiences of transitions back office. Methods Data were collected approximately two years after declaration as a pandemic. Eleven patients interviewed (nine women men, aged 28 56, six in psychodynamic psychotherapy, five CBT). Treatments switched between video/telephone sessions. Interview transcripts analyzed applying qualitative methodology inductive thematic analysis. Results (1) experienced process impeded. Interventions difficult understand lost impact. Routines surrounding sessions lost. Conversations less serious direction. (2) Understanding made more when nuances non-verbal communication (3) emotional relationship altered. Remote perceived something different regular therapy, once room, felt that started anew. presence weakened, but some found expressing their feelings easier absence bodily co-presence. According patients, contributed security trust, whereas they therapists working remotely, behaving easygoing familiar way, well solution-focused, supportive unprofessional, understanding therapeutic. Despite this, (4) also gave an opportunity take with them into everyday lives. Discussion results suggest long run, remote psychotherapy seen good enough alternative needed. present indicates format alternations have impact on which interventions can be implemented, important implications for training supervision era is becoming increasingly common.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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Therapist self‐disclosure in teletherapy early in the COVID‐19 pandemic: Associations with real relationship and traumatic distress DOI Creative Commons
Xiaochen Luo, Katie Aafjes‐van Doorn, Vera Békés

и другие.

Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 31(1)

Опубликована: Окт. 2, 2023

The usefulness of therapists' self-disclosure (TSD) in psychotherapy remains controversial, and little is known regarding the potential risks benefits TSD times global crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic teletherapy. We examined two independent samples therapists (N = 1705; Study 1) patients 772; 2) on their perceptions increases during transition to teletherapy early (spring 2020). Approximately 20% 14% reported definite TSD. Therapists' top reasons for increased were heightened distress an effort connect with Importantly, therapist positively related subjective vicarious trauma, real relationship, psychodynamic theoretical orientation negatively humanistic orientation, but not age, race/ethnicity, length clinical experience, working alliance, or professional self-doubt. Patients' patient pandemic-related traumatic own self-disclosure, patient-reported therapeutic relationship variables. Longitudinally, patients' predicted higher at 3-month follow-up, after controlling baseline other These results highlighted that may be a marker both findings also contrasted literature emphasized therapists, perhaps patients, have considered reflection genuine connection.

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

4
Understanding psychoanalytic work online and back to the couch in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: an investigation among Italian psychoanalysts DOI Creative Commons

L. L. Reatto,

Andrzej Werbart, Osmano Oasi

и другие.

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

Worldwide, psychotherapists' clinical experience went through rapid developments with transition to teletherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Literature on use of remote psychoanalysis was not conclusive, leaving issue consequences necessary setting alternation open. This study aimed investigate psychoanalysts' experiences shifting work and then returning in-person setting, considering effect patients' attachment styles personality configurations.Seventy-one analysts Italian Psychoanalytic Society were asked fill out an online survey about patients who found easier it more difficult. General questions therapeutic work, ISTS (Interpretive Supportive Technique Scale) for interpretive supportive aspects technique, WAI-S-TR (Working Alliance Inventory-Short Revised-Therapist) alliance, RQ (Relationship Questionnaire) style, PMAI (Prototype Matching Anaclitic-Introjective Personality Configuration) configurations administered.All chose continue treatment using audio-visual tools. Patients difficult transitions had a significantly higher frequency insecure score Dismissing scale than easy transitions. No significant differences between two groups in configurations, psychotherapeutic technique. Moreover, level alliance positively correlated Secure negatively scale. both back scores alliances those setting.Online psychoanalytic therapy widely used greater difficulties adapting alternations, thus confirming that is vulnerability factor only psychopathological problems but also well-functioning collaboration. Patient's configuration did influence their adaptation alternation. The undergo changes from vice versa, suggesting continuity analysts' "internal setting."

Язык: Английский

Процитировано

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