ArticleInternet interventions2022
Therapeutic alliance in psychotherapy across online and face-to-face settings: A quantitative analysis.
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- The therapeutic alliance during remotely delivered therapy: A Delphi study with health professionals.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
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- The digital extension of the psychotherapeutic field and the role of the body in online therapy: a grounded theory study with psychotherapists in training.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- ONLINE vs. FACE-TO-FACE group coaching to promote teachers mental health: an exploratory field study in German teachers.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Effectiveness and therapeutic alliance between face-to-face and online psychological interventions. A longitudinal study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Effects of Switching to Video Therapy on In-Session Processes in Psychotherapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
- Preferences for coaching strategies in a personalized virtual coach for emotional eaters: an explorative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Lockdown enacted by government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Austria forced psychotherapy practice into an online-only setting for several months in 2020. Although there is evidence supporting the effectiveness of psychotherapy in remote settings, research investigating therapeutic alliance in online psychotherapy is still limited, with a specific need for research in assessing possible effects of changes in therapeutic setting from face-to-face to online and vice versa. We measured therapeutic alliance in client-therapist dyads using the Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ) at the Adult Outpatient Clinic of Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. Eighty-seven dyads completed HAQ twice, assessing three time-points: after switching from face-to-face to online therapy, providing a retrospective assessment of their alliance before the setting change as well as a concurrent account of their experience during online therapy, then another assessment after switching back to face-to-face setting after lockdown restrictions were lifted. Data were analysed by fitting a multilevel linear model, where the variables
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