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Research Into Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy Online

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ID20178602
AuthorsDiego Rocco (0000-0002-8474-0174, Padua University, Padua, Italy, corresponding author), Evita Cassoni (Centro di Psicologia e Analisi Transazionale, Milan, Italy), Gaia Dell’Arciprete (0000-0001-9243-7311, Padua University, Padua, Italy)
Year2023
Volume53
Issue3
Pages270-285
Publication date2023-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03621537.2023.2213972
OpenAlexW4382396309
LanguageEN
References cited36

In recent years, especially in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have witnessed a partial transition in the field of psychotherapy from in-person settings to remote ones (i.e., online therapy). This trend has raised the question of whether the two settings are interchangeable. With the research described here, the authors explore, within a transactional analysis theoretical framework, whether the therapeutic impact of in-person sessions, assessed by both patients and therapists, is different from that perceived with a remote setting. Using the Session Evaluation Questionnaire (SEQ), 20 transactional analysis psychotherapists and their patients evaluated the impact of two pairs of sessions—one in person and one online—for a total of 160 SEQs. The data were then analyzed through t-tests to verify the research hypotheses. For therapists only, the impact of remote sessions was perceived to be lower than that of in-person sessions. The implications are discussed from a clinical point of view

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