‘It made me a more resilient therapist’
A qualitative study on practitioners’ experience of providing mental health services during the pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19549677 |
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| Authors | Louis Brandon, Eva Fragkiadaki, Evangelia Fragkiadaki (0000-0002-6651-8078) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 35 |
| Pages | 11-23 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | QMiP Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2044-0820 • E-ISSN: 2396-9598 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.53841/bpsqmip.2023.1.35.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4384484830 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
The Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated sudden and radical changes in mental health care delivery where practitioners unavoidably engaged in remote working. As remote care is likely to become increasingly common, perhaps routine, in this study, we aimed to explore practitioners’ experiences of delivering online therapy during a unique moment in history. Semi-structured online interviews were conducted with five participants. Three main themes were developed using thematic analysis: 1) Moving services online: practical challenges and opportunities; 2) Intimacy and distance in online connections; and 3) We’re all in this together: a collective experience. This study highlighted-participants’ flexibility, digital and relational connectedness, and ability to reframe negative experiences as potential for growth. Findings demonstrate that the existence of both challenges and opportunities for online therapy constitutes just the start of an exciting journey for practitioners when delivering mental health services in the future
Cognitive reframing · Health care · Medical education · Mental health · Political science · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social connectedness · Sociology · Telehealth · Telemedicine · Thematic analysis · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
Thematic Analysis
Mental Health Care Goes Online
Covid-19 and digital inequalities
Online therapy
Clinical Supervision of Couple and Family Therapy during Covid‐19
Couples Therapists’ Attitudes Toward Online Therapy During the Covid‐19 Crisis
Lessons from the Transition to Relational Teletherapy During Covid‐19
Bodies on the line
Applying critical realism in qualitative research
Using thematic analysis in psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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