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ArticleClinical psychology & psychotherapy2021

Therapeutic interventions in in-person and remote psychotherapy: Survey with psychotherapists and patients experiencing in-person and remote psychotherapy during COVID-19.

Thomas Probst, Barbara Haid, Wolfgang Schimböck, Andrea Reisinger, Marion Gasser, Heidrun Eichberger-Heckmann, Peter Stippl, Andrea Jesser, Elke Humer, Nicole Korecka and 1 more

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Article in Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas ProbstDepartment for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6113-2133
Barbara HaidAustrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
Wolfgang SchimböckAustrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
Andrea ReisingerAustrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
Marion GasserAustrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
Heidrun Eichberger-HeckmannPROGES, Linz, Austria.
Peter StipplAustrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy, Vienna, Austria.
Andrea JesserDepartment for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Elke HumerDepartment for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-0353
Nicole KoreckaDepartment for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7723-9779
Christoph PiehDepartment for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Austrian Political Science Association · ATUniversität für Weiterbildung Krems · ATLinz Center of Mechatronics (Austria) · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveFirst, to investigate how psychotherapists and patients experience the change from in-person to remote psychotherapy or vice versa during COVID-19 regarding the therapeutic interventions used. Second, to explore the influence of therapeutic orientations on therapeutic interventions in in-person versus remote psychotherapy.

methodPsychotherapists (N = 217) from Austria were recruited, who in turn recruited their patients (N = 133). The therapeutic orientation of the therapists was psychodynamic (22.6%), humanistic (46.1%), systemic (20.7%) or behavioural (10.6%). All the data were collected remotely via online surveys. Therapists and patients completed two versions of the 'Multitheoretical List of Therapeutic Interventions' (MULTI-30) (version 1: in-person; version 2: remote) to investigate differences between in-person and remote psychotherapy in the following therapeutic interventions: psychodynamic, common factors, person-centred, process-experiential, interpersonal, cognitive, behavioural and dialectical-behavioural.

resultsTherapists rated all examined therapeutic interventions as more typical for in-person than for remote psychotherapy. For patients, three therapeutic interventions (psychodynamic, process-experiential, cognitive interventions) were more typical for in-person than for remote psychotherapy after correcting for multiple testing. For two therapeutic interventions (behavioural, dialectical-behavioural), differences between the four therapeutic orientations were more consistent for in-person than for remote psychotherapy.

conclusionsTherapeutic interventions differed between in-person and remote psychotherapy and differences between therapeutic orientations in behavioural-oriented interventions become indistinct in remote psychotherapy.

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Office VisitsPsychotherapyRemote ConsultationAdultAustriaCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatientsPsychotherapistsSurveys and QuestionnairesCOVID-19interventionspsychotherapy

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PMCPMC8013388
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