Experiences of Psychotherapists With Remote Psychotherapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Web-Based Survey Study

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 22; no. 11; p. e20246
• Main Authors: Humer, Elke, Stippl, Peter, Pieh, Christoph, Pryss, Rüdiger, Probst, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 27.11.2020; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Behavior; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - psychology; COVID-19 - virology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Discrepancies; Expectations; Female; Humans; Internet; Male; Mental health care; Mental health services; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Pandemics; Polls & surveys; Psychotherapists; Psychotherapists - psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy - methods; Psychotherapy - statistics & numerical data; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Surveys and Questionnaires; Systemic therapy; Telemedicine; Telemedicine - methods; Telemedicine - statistics & numerical data; Telephone service; Therapists; COVID-19; psychology; psychotherapists; remote psychotherapy; telehealth; therapy; telephone; expectations; experiences; internet

The current situation around the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures necessary to fight it are creating challenges for psychotherapists, who usually treat patients face-to-face with personal contact. The pandemic is accelerating the use of remote psychotherapy (ie, psychotherapy provided via telephon...