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ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2023

Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy in a face-to-face versus videoconferencing setting: A single case study.

Sylke Andreas, Thorsten-Christian Gablonski, Wolfgang Tschacher, Albrecht Gebhardt, Sven Rabung, Holger Schulz, Jennifer Kadur

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Article in Journal of clinical psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sylke AndreasDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Institute of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1060-1411
Thorsten-Christian GablonskiDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Institute of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-9742-9476
Wolfgang TschacherUniversity Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Experimental Psychology Division, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Albrecht GebhardtDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Institute of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria.
Sven RabungDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Institute of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria.
Holger SchulzDepartment of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Jennifer KadurDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Institute of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2876-2704
University of Klagenfurt · ATUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Bern · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveDue to the coronavirus pandemic and crisis, psychotherapists around the world were forced to switch to video- or tele-based treatments overnight. To date, only a few studies on the effectiveness of video-based psychodynamic psychotherapy via the Internet exist. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to examine symptom improvement, therapeutic relationship, nonverbal synchrony processes, and intersession processes within a systematic single case design and compare face-to-face to video-based approaches in long-term psychodynamic-oriented psychotherapy.

methodsWe examined 85 sessions of a client with major depression whose psychodynamic psychotherapy changed from a face-to-face setting to a video-based setting. Video recordings were analyzed using motion energy analysis, and nonverbal synchrony was computed using a surrogate synchrony approach. Time series analyses were performed to analyze changes in symptom severity, therapeutic relationship, and intersession processes.

resultsThe results showed that symptom severity improved descriptively, but not significantly, across the entire course of psychotherapy. There were significant differences, however, in the therapeutic relationship, intersession experiences, and synchronous behavior between the face-to-face and video-based settings.

conclusionThe results indicate that the presented methodology is well situated to investigate the question whether psychodynamic psychotherapy in video-based setting works in the sameway as in a face-to-face setting.

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Coronavirus InfectionsDepressive DisorderPsychotherapy, PsychodynamicHumansPsychotherapistsPsychotherapyTreatment OutcomeVideoconferencingalliancenonverbal dynchronyprocess-outcome researchpsychodynamic therapyvideoconferencing

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PMCPMC10084227
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