Virtual connection and real community: the qualitative experience of participating in a videoconferencing-based psychotherapy group for postpartum depression and anxiety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Group psychotherapy, an effective treatment for common postpartum mental disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety), has increasingly been delivered virtually since the pandemic. This study aims to understand experiential aspects of participating in videoconferencing-based group psychotherapy in the postpartum period.

Methods

Our urban academic ambulatory hospital has delivered group psychotherapy for women (cis and trans) and non-binary individuals of female sex with postpartum depressive and anxiety symptomatology via videoconferencing since 2020. One therapist-facilitator conducts weekly 60-min group therapy sessions with 5-6 participants for eight weeks. Group participants were invited to complete a semi-structured qualitative interview on their experience. Using an

SUBMITTER: Hussain-Shamsy N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature